Hi Thomas, could you test this one please. --- From: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [PATCH] iwlwifi3945/4965 - fix rate control algo reference leak This patch does fix rate control algo reference leak in case if network device has been failed to register. In this case special flag priv->mac80211_registered is not set and the rate algo reference is not freeing on module unload. That leads to OOPs in further ieee80211 rate register/unregister procedure (by any callee). It should fix the bug #9470 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9470 Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c | 1 + drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c index 465da4f..c222bec 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c @@ -6167,6 +6167,7 @@ static void iwl_alive_start(struct iwl_priv *priv) mutex_lock(&priv->mutex); if (rc) { + iwl_rate_control_unregister(priv->hw); IWL_ERROR("Failed to register network " "device (error %d)\n", rc); return; diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c index 9918780..9295755 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c @@ -6523,6 +6523,7 @@ static void iwl_alive_start(struct iwl_priv *priv) mutex_lock(&priv->mutex); if (rc) { + iwl_rate_control_unregister(priv->hw); IWL_ERROR("Failed to register network " "device (error %d)\n", rc); return; -- 1.5.3.5 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html