From: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Avoid using the temporary buffer introduced by previous patch to hold the device name.
Btw, avoid leaking device on an error path. Other error paths may need cleanup. Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c | 25 +++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21-mm.orig/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c 2007-03-28 09:06:37.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c 2007-03-28 10:14:52.000000000 -0400 @@ -348,17 +348,24 @@ static void eth_configure(int n, void *i struct net_device *dev; struct uml_net_private *lp; int save, err, size; - char name[sizeof(dev->name)]; size = transport->private_size + sizeof(struct uml_net_private) + sizeof(((struct uml_net_private *) 0)->user); device = kzalloc(sizeof(*device), GFP_KERNEL); if (device == NULL) { - printk(KERN_ERR "eth_configure failed to allocate uml_net\n"); + printk(KERN_ERR "eth_configure failed to allocate struct " + "uml_net\n"); return; } + dev = alloc_etherdev(size); + if (dev == NULL) { + printk(KERN_ERR "eth_configure: failed to allocate struct " + "net_device for eth%d\n", n); + goto out_free_device; + } + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&device->list); device->index = n; @@ -366,9 +373,9 @@ static void eth_configure(int n, void *i * netdevice, that is OK, register_netdev{,ice}() will notice this * and fail. */ - snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "eth%d", n); + snprintf(dev->name, sizeof(dev->name), "eth%d", n); - setup_etheraddr(mac, device->mac, name); + setup_etheraddr(mac, device->mac, dev->name); printk(KERN_INFO "Netdevice %d ", n); printk("(%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x) ", @@ -376,11 +383,6 @@ static void eth_configure(int n, void *i device->mac[2], device->mac[3], device->mac[4], device->mac[5]); printk(": "); - dev = alloc_etherdev(size); - if (dev == NULL) { - printk(KERN_ERR "eth_configure: failed to allocate device\n"); - goto out_free_device; - } lp = dev->priv; /* This points to the transport private data. It's still clear, but we @@ -399,7 +401,6 @@ static void eth_configure(int n, void *i goto out_free_netdev; SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev,&device->pdev.dev); - strcpy(dev->name, name); device->dev = dev; /* @@ -466,13 +467,13 @@ static void eth_configure(int n, void *i return; out_undo_user_init: - if (transport->user->init != NULL) + if (transport->user->remove != NULL) (*transport->user->remove)(&lp->user); out_unregister: platform_device_unregister(&device->pdev); out_free_netdev: free_netdev(dev); -out_free_device: ; +out_free_device: kfree(device); } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/