On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:47:16AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> -static void free_net_device(struct netvsc_device *device)
> -{
> -     WARN_ON(atomic_read(&device->refcnt) != 0);
> -     device->dev->ext = NULL;

device->dev->ext points to device.  We set it NULL here to prevent
a use after free bug.  What prevents that in the new code?

> -     kfree(device);
> -}

regards,
dan carpenter


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