From: Dan Carpenter Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 07:44:45 +0000 (+0300) Subject: 6lowpan: release device on error path X-Git-Tag: v3.13-rc1~105^2~32 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=78032f9b3eae3a43da9468d8ce30caa6be84f89d;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git 6lowpan: release device on error path We recently added a new error path and it needs a dev_put(). Fixes: 7adac1ec8198 ('6lowpan: Only make 6lowpan links to IEEE802154 devices') Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c index 9497c6f3276..426b5df1c98 100644 --- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c +++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c @@ -1358,8 +1358,10 @@ static int lowpan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev, real_dev = dev_get_by_index(src_net, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_LINK])); if (!real_dev) return -ENODEV; - if (real_dev->type != ARPHRD_IEEE802154) + if (real_dev->type != ARPHRD_IEEE802154) { + dev_put(real_dev); return -EINVAL; + } lowpan_dev_info(dev)->real_dev = real_dev; lowpan_dev_info(dev)->fragment_tag = 0;