decnet: netdevice refcount leak
authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:50:39 +0000 (00:50 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:50:39 +0000 (00:50 -0800)
While working on device refcount stuff, I found a device refcount leak
through DECNET.
This nasty bug can be used to hold refcounts on any !DECNET netdevice.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c

index 26b0ab1..2036568 100644 (file)
@@ -263,11 +263,10 @@ static int dn_def_dev_strategy(ctl_table *table,
                        return -ENODEV;
 
                rv = -ENODEV;
-               if (dev->dn_ptr != NULL) {
+               if (dev->dn_ptr != NULL)
                        rv = dn_dev_set_default(dev, 1);
-                       if (rv)
-                               dev_put(dev);
-               }
+               if (rv)
+                       dev_put(dev);
        }
 
        return rv;