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* [PATCH] iwl4965: Fix a memory leak in error handling code of __il4965_up
@ 2016-01-07 12:17 Jia-Ju Bai
  2016-01-11 12:13 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Jia-Ju Bai @ 2016-01-07 12:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: sgruszka, kvalo; +Cc: linux-wireless, netdev, linux-kernel, Jia-Ju Bai

When il4965_hw_nic_init in __il4965_up fails, the memory allocated by 
iwl4965_sta_alloc_lq in iwl4965_alloc_bcast_station is not freed.

This patches adds il_dealloc_bcast_stations in the error handling code of 
__il4965_up to fix this problem.

This patch has been tested in real device, and it actually fixes the bug.

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@163.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
index 6656215..fd7b5c7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
@@ -5577,6 +5577,7 @@ __il4965_up(struct il_priv *il)
 	ret = il4965_hw_nic_init(il);
 	if (ret) {
 		IL_ERR("Unable to init nic\n");
+		il_dealloc_bcast_stations(il);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.9.5



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* [PATCH] iwl4965: Fix a memory leak in error handling code of __il4965_up
@ 2016-01-10  2:19 ` Jia-Ju Bai
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Jia-Ju Bai @ 2016-01-10  2:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: sgruszka, kvalo, johannes.berg, emmanuel.grumbach
  Cc: ilw, linuxwifi, linux-wireless, netdev, Jia-Ju Bai

When il4965_hw_nic_init in __il4965_up fails, the memory allocated by 
iwl4965_sta_alloc_lq in iwl4965_alloc_bcast_station is not freed.

This patches adds il_dealloc_bcast_stations in the error handling code of 
__il4965_up to fix this problem.

This patch has been tested in real device, and it actually fixes the bug.

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@163.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
index 6656215..fd7b5c7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
@@ -5577,6 +5577,7 @@ __il4965_up(struct il_priv *il)
 	ret = il4965_hw_nic_init(il);
 	if (ret) {
 		IL_ERR("Unable to init nic\n");
+		il_dealloc_bcast_stations(il);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.9.5



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2016-01-07 12:17 [PATCH] iwl4965: Fix a memory leak in error handling code of __il4965_up Jia-Ju Bai
2016-01-11 12:13 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2016-01-10  2:19 Jia-Ju Bai
2016-01-10  2:19 ` Jia-Ju Bai
2016-01-11 12:16 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2016-01-11 12:16   ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2016-01-11 12:44   ` Kalle Valo
2016-01-11 13:41   ` Jia-Ju Bai

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