The lower driver might rely on getting zeroed per-vif private memory when an interface is added. Resetting the memory on removal avoids adverse affects during recovery, where the interface is added without being removed. Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/driver-ops.h | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h index d3d9fda..4620117 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h +++ b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h @@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ static inline void drv_remove_interface(struct ieee80211_local *local, trace_drv_remove_interface(local, sdata); local->ops->remove_interface(&local->hw, &sdata->vif); sdata->flags &= ~IEEE80211_SDATA_IN_DRIVER; + + /* clear driver specific private data */ + memset(sdata->vif.drv_priv, 0, sdata->local->hw.vif_data_size); + trace_drv_return_void(local); } -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
