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RE: [PATCH net 5/5] wifi: rtlwifi: usb: fix workqueue leak when probe fails

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Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> rtl_init_core creates a workqueue that is then assigned to rtl_wq.
> rtl_deinit_core does not destroy it. It is left to rtl_usb_deinit, which
> must be called in the probe error path.
> 
> Fixes: 2ca20f79e0d8 ("rtlwifi: Add usb driver")
> Fixes: 851639fdaeac ("rtlwifi: Modify some USB de-initialize code.")
> Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c
> index 8ec687fab572..0368ecea2e81 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c
> @@ -1039,6 +1039,7 @@ int rtl_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
>         wait_for_completion(&rtlpriv->firmware_loading_complete);
>         rtlpriv->cfg->ops->deinit_sw_vars(hw);
>  error_out:
> +       rtl_usb_deinit(hw);
>         rtl_deinit_core(hw);
>  error_out2:
>         _rtl_usb_io_handler_release(hw);

I think deinit should be in reverse order of init step by step:

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ int rtl_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
        err = rtl_init_core(hw);
        if (err) {
                pr_err("Can't allocate sw for mac80211\n");
-               goto error_out2;
+               goto error_out_usb_deinit;
        }
        if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_vars(hw)) {
                pr_err("Can't init_sw_vars\n");
@@ -1040,6 +1040,8 @@ int rtl_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
        rtlpriv->cfg->ops->deinit_sw_vars(hw);
 error_out:
        rtl_deinit_core(hw);
+error_out_usb_deinit:
+       rtl_usb_deinit(hw);
 error_out2:
        _rtl_usb_io_handler_release(hw);
        usb_put_dev(udev);

Have you also considered PCI? It seems that rtl_pci_deinit() isn't called if
PCI probe fails. 







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