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RE: [PATCH v6.0-rc] wifi: rtw89: free unused skb to prevent memory leak

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2022 1:27 PM
> To: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx; stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Bernie Huang <phhuang@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v6.0-rc] wifi: rtw89: free unused skb to prevent memory leak
> 
> Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > From: Po-Hao Huang <phhuang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This avoid potential memory leak under power saving mode.
> >
> > Fixes: fc5f311fce74 ("rtw89: don't flush hci queues and send h2c if power is off")
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Po-Hao Huang <phhuang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220916033811.13862-6-pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---
> > Hi Kalle,
> >
> > We want this patch go to v6.0-rc, because it can fix memleak caused by another
> > patch. For users, this driver eats memory and could lead out-of-memory
> > finally.
> >
> > This patch has been merged into wireless-next, but I forget to add "Fixes"
> > tag and Cc stable, so I add them to commit messages. If this works, I will
> > prepare another patch for v5.19.
> 
> -rc7 is already released, so we are quite late in the cycle, and I'm not
> planning to submit another pull request for v6.0 unless something really
> major happens. So I think it's better that you wait for the -next commit
> to reach Linus' tree (should happen in next two weeks or so) and then
> submit a patch to stable releases.
> 

Got it. I will do it weeks later. Thanks.

Ping-Ke




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