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rtnetlink: fix a memory leak when ->newlink fails
authorCong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com>
Tue, 3 Jun 2014 23:40:47 +0000 (16:40 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 4 Jun 2014 02:16:10 +0000 (19:16 -0700)
commitc24af98f020253b91a0d0a70abcc8716305d4618
tree313cc6f5be89fabea00162cf970285791c07899b
parentd89a13d20522e2ce5420b7cd10a8f38b5206a0cd
rtnetlink: fix a memory leak when ->newlink fails

It is possible that ->newlink() fails before registering
the device, in this case we should just free it, it's
safe to call free_netdev().

Fixes: commit aa8f34a1a6e1baa9703 (net: correct error path in rtnl_newlink())
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/core/rtnetlink.c