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Re: [stable] [PATCH] rt2x00: Fix SLAB corruption during rmmod

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Hi,

> On 04/17/09 02:18, Chris Wright wrote:
>> * Ivo van Doorn (ivdoorn@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>>> At rmmod stage, the code path is the following one :
>>>
>>> rt2x00lib_remove_dev
>>>   ->  rt2x00lib_uninitialize()
>>>         -> rt2x00rfkill_unregister()
>>>              -> rfkill_unregister()
>>>         -> rt2x00rfkill_free()
>>>              -> rfkill_free()
>>>
>>> The problem is that rfkill_free should not be called after rfkill_register
>>> otherwise put_device(&rfkill->dev) will be called 2 times. This patch
>>> fixes this by only calling rt2x00rfkill_free() when rt2x00rfkill_register()
>>> hasn't been called or has failed.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Tested-by: Arnaud Patard <apatard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Who is the Author of this patch?  The Signed-off-by order suggests is
>> Gertjan.
>>
>
>
> Indeed, I have been the author of the patch.

Yeah, Gertjan is indeed the author, I forgot to add
the Fom: line at the top of the patch to make that more clear.

Ivo
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