The PLIP driver in 2.4.0-test1 is a bit sloppy about freeing resources when
unloaded, or when it fails to initialise. Eventually this leads to a crash.
p.
--- linux/drivers/net/plip.c Sat May 13 23:11:57 2000
+++ linux/drivers/net/plip.c Sat Jun 10 15:00:26 2000
@@ -1314,7 +1314,6 @@
parport_release(nl->pardev);
parport_unregister_device(nl->pardev);
kfree(dev_plip[i]->priv);
- kfree(dev_plip[i]->name);
kfree(dev_plip[i]);
dev_plip[i] = NULL;
}
@@ -1396,9 +1395,8 @@
}
memset(dev_plip[i], 0, sizeof(struct net_device));
sprintf(dev_plip[i]->name, "plip%d", i);
- dev_plip[i]->priv = pb;
if (plip_init_dev(dev_plip[i],pb) || register_netdev(dev_plip[i])) {
- kfree(dev_plip[i]->name);
+ kfree(dev_plip[i]->priv);
kfree(dev_plip[i]);
dev_plip[i] = NULL;
} else {
-
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