From: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
After unregister_netdevice() call the request is queued and
reg_state is changed to NETREG_UNREGISTERING.
As we check for NETREG_UNREGISTERED state, free_netdev() never
gets executed causing memory leak.
Initialize "dev->destructor" to free_netdev() to free device
data after unregistration.
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c | 3 ---
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
index a0cb077..636145d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
@@ -2234,9 +2234,6 @@ int mwifiex_del_virtual_intf(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev)
if (wdev->netdev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
unregister_netdevice(wdev->netdev);
- if (wdev->netdev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERED)
- free_netdev(wdev->netdev);
-
/* Clear the priv in adapter */
priv->netdev = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
index 121443a..2eb88ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ void mwifiex_init_priv_params(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
struct net_device *dev)
{
dev->netdev_ops = &mwifiex_netdev_ops;
+ dev->destructor = free_netdev;
/* Initialize private structure */
priv->current_key_index = 0;
priv->media_connected = false;
--
1.7.0.2
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