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Re: [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: fix memory leak in ieee80211_register_hw()

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On 2022/12/1 20:52, Johannes Berg wrote:
On Tue, 2022-11-22 at 17:11 +0800, Zhengchao Shao wrote:

+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -2326,8 +2326,6 @@ void ieee80211_remove_interfaces(struct ieee80211_local *local)
  	WARN(local->open_count, "%s: open count remains %d\n",
  	     wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy), local->open_count);
- ieee80211_txq_teardown_flows(local);


This is after shutting down interfaces.

@@ -1469,6 +1470,7 @@ void ieee80211_unregister_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
  	 * because the driver cannot be handing us frames any
  	 * more and the tasklet is killed.
  	 */
+	ieee80211_txq_teardown_flows(local);
  	ieee80211_remove_interfaces(local);


But now it's before. Why is that safe?

johannes
Hi johannes:
	Thank you for your review. This change may be unsafe.
Driver do clear its reource must be after hardware stop. Remove
it before shutdown interface is unsafe. I will change in V2.

Zhengchao Shao



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