From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:55010 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757532AbcAKMPe (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jan 2016 07:15:34 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:13:39 +0100 From: Stanislaw Gruszka To: Jia-Ju Bai Cc: kvalo@codeaurora.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwl4965: Fix a memory leak in error handling code of __il4965_up Message-ID: <20160111121339.GE25015@redhat.com> (sfid-20160111_131552_590498_07C64C8D) References: <1452169059-20617-1-git-send-email-baijiaju1990@163.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1452169059-20617-1-git-send-email-baijiaju1990@163.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 08:17:39PM +0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote: > 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 Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka