On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 1:02 AM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 12:25:19AM +0800, Dongliang Mu wrote:
> > r871xu_dev_remove failed to call r8712_free_drv_sw() and free the
> > resource (e.g., struct urb) due to the failure of firmware loading.
> >
> > Fix this by invoking r8712_free_drv_sw at the failure site.
> >
> > Reported-by: syzbot+1c46f3771695bccbdb3a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Fixes: b4383c971bc5 ("staging: rtl8712: handle firmware load failure")
> > Signed-off-by: Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v1->v2: fix the initialization of pnetdev
> >
> > drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c | 9 +++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
> > index dc21e7743349..57e773464e18 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
> > @@ -593,13 +593,14 @@ static void r871xu_dev_remove(struct usb_interface *pusb_intf)
> > struct usb_device *udev = interface_to_usbdev(pusb_intf);
> >
> > if (pnetdev) {
> > + struct net_device *newpnetdev = NULL;
> > struct _adapter *padapter = netdev_priv(pnetdev);
> >
> > /* never exit with a firmware callback pending */
> > wait_for_completion(&padapter->rtl8712_fw_ready);
> > - pnetdev = usb_get_intfdata(pusb_intf);
> > + newpnetdev = usb_get_intfdata(pusb_intf);
>
> Please learn a bit more C knowledge before messing around in the kernel
> tree. Between the mistake in this chunk you added, and the mistake in
> the previous submission, I think you need more experience here as there
> are some things you still need to learn.
I am a kernel newbie in developing patches for Linux kernel. Sorry for
my naive mistakes. I will learn more and then submit some "good"
patches.
BTW, I think I have pointed out the underlying bug here, you guys can
fix it yourself.
>
> Best of luck!
>
> greg k-h
