From: Gao Feng fgao@ikuai8.com
Because the func batadv_softif_init_late allocate some resources and it would be invoked in register_netdevice. So we need to invoke the func batadv_softif_free instead of free_netdev to cleanup when fail to register_netdevice.
Signed-off-by: Gao Feng fgao@ikuai8.com --- net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c index d042c99..90bf990 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c @@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ struct net_device *batadv_softif_create(struct net *net, const char *name) if (ret < 0) { pr_err("Unable to register the batman interface '%s': %i\n", name, ret); - free_netdev(soft_iface); + batadv_softif_free(soft_iface); return NULL; }