kernel crashes when load and unload driver several times. I used git bisect to track down and found that removing NULL setting caused the panic. This reverts only related codes of the patch(a4ab1ade75a3). Fixes: a4ab1ade75a3 ("staging: wilc1000: replace drvHandler and hWFIDrv with hif_drv") Signed-off-by: Glen Lee <glen.lee@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c index 0125e3d..851560f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c @@ -1366,9 +1366,12 @@ static s32 Handle_ConnectTimeout(struct wilc_vif *vif) hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ssid_len = 0; kfree(hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8ssid); + hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8ssid = NULL; kfree(hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8bssid); + hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8bssid = NULL; hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ies_len = 0; kfree(hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ies); + hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ies = NULL; eth_zero_addr(wilc_connected_ssid); @@ -1624,9 +1627,12 @@ static s32 Handle_RcvdGnrlAsyncInfo(struct wilc_vif *vif, strConnectInfo.pu8ReqIEs = NULL; hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ssid_len = 0; kfree(hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8ssid); + hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8ssid = NULL; kfree(hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8bssid); + hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8bssid = NULL; hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ies_len = 0; kfree(hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ies); + hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ies = NULL; } else if ((u8MacStatus == MAC_DISCONNECTED) && (hif_drv->hif_state == HOST_IF_CONNECTED)) { PRINT_D(HOSTINF_DBG, "Received MAC_DISCONNECTED from the FW\n"); @@ -1660,9 +1666,12 @@ static s32 Handle_RcvdGnrlAsyncInfo(struct wilc_vif *vif, hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ssid_len = 0; kfree(hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8ssid); + hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8ssid = NULL; kfree(hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8bssid); + hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8bssid = NULL; hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ies_len = 0; kfree(hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ies); + hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ies = NULL; if (join_req && join_req_vif == vif) { kfree(join_req); @@ -2034,9 +2043,12 @@ static void Handle_Disconnect(struct wilc_vif *vif) hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ssid_len = 0; kfree(hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8ssid); + hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8ssid = NULL; kfree(hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8bssid); + hif_drv->usr_conn_req.pu8bssid = NULL; hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ies_len = 0; kfree(hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ies); + hif_drv->usr_conn_req.ies = NULL; if (join_req && join_req_vif == vif) { kfree(join_req); -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel