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SubjectRe: [PATCH] net: ifb error path loop fix
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From: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 00:55:51 +0100

> On error we should start freeing resources at [i-1] not [i-2].
>
> Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl>

Patch applied, thanks Mariusz.

> diff -upr linux-2.6.20-rc2-mm1-a/drivers/net/ifb.c linux-2.6.20-rc2-mm1-b/drivers/net/ifb.c
> --- linux-2.6.20-rc2-mm1-a/drivers/net/ifb.c 2006-12-24 05:00:32.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.20-rc2-mm1-b/drivers/net/ifb.c 2007-01-02 00:25:34.000000000 +0100
> @@ -271,8 +271,7 @@ static int __init ifb_init_module(void)
> for (i = 0; i < numifbs && !err; i++)
> err = ifb_init_one(i);
> if (err) {
> - i--;
> - while (--i >= 0)
> + while (i--)
> ifb_free_one(i);
> }

One could argue from a defensive programming perspective that
this bug comes from the fact that the ifb_init_one() loop
advances state before checking for errors ('i' is advanced before
the 'err' check due to the loop construct), and that's why the
error recovery code had to be coded specially :-)

Anyways, your fix is of course fine and I've applied it.
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