This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
wifi: ath12k: use kfree_skb() instead of kfree()
to the 6.3-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
wifi-ath12k-use-kfree_skb-instead-of-kfree.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.3 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 61e3c4f9b62d3b09adf910cd1401e0252c60d383
Author: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Feb 16 15:16:14 2023 +0300
wifi: ath12k: use kfree_skb() instead of kfree()
[ Upstream commit 8c464d16809fa02982f6341ea598ec5d07457f19 ]
Sk_buffs are supposed to be freed with kfree_skb().
Fixes: d889913205cf ("wifi: ath12k: driver for Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/Y+4ejiYakhEvEw7c@kili
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_tx.c
index 95294f35155c4..fd8d850f9818f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_tx.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ int ath12k_dp_tx(struct ath12k *ar, struct ath12k_vif *arvif,
skb_ext_desc->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
ret = dma_mapping_error(ab->dev, ti.paddr);
if (ret) {
- kfree(skb_ext_desc);
+ kfree_skb(skb_ext_desc);
goto fail_unmap_dma;
}
