From f16fdc9d2dc1e5b270e9a08377587e831e0d36ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amitkumar Karwar Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 19:46:54 -0700 Subject: mwifiex: fix memory leak issue when driver unload After unregister_netdevice() call the request is queued and reg_state is changed to NETREG_UNREGISTERING. As we check for NETREG_UNREGISTERED state, free_netdev() never gets executed causing memory leak. Initialize "dev->destructor" to free_netdev() to free device data after unregistration. Cc: Reported-by: Daniel Drake Tested-by: Daniel Drake Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c | 3 --- drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex') diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c index a0cb0770d31..636145d1708 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c @@ -2234,9 +2234,6 @@ int mwifiex_del_virtual_intf(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev) if (wdev->netdev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED) unregister_netdevice(wdev->netdev); - if (wdev->netdev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERED) - free_netdev(wdev->netdev); - /* Clear the priv in adapter */ priv->netdev = NULL; diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c index 121443a0f2a..2eb88ea9acf 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c @@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ void mwifiex_init_priv_params(struct mwifiex_private *priv, struct net_device *dev) { dev->netdev_ops = &mwifiex_netdev_ops; + dev->destructor = free_netdev; /* Initialize private structure */ priv->current_key_index = 0; priv->media_connected = false; -- cgit v1.2.3