linux-kernel - [PATCH v6] staging: rtl8723bs: remove re-positioned call to kfree in os_dep/ioctl

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Date:   Mon, 8 May 2017 23:40:35 +1000
From:   Ian W MORRISON <ianwmorrison@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     devel@...uxdriverproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, hadess@...ess.net,
        Larry.Finger@...inger.net, hdegoede@...hat.com,
        jes.sorensen@...il.com, kvalo@....qualcomm.com
Subject: [PATCH v6] staging: rtl8723bs: remove re-positioned call to kfree in
 os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c

A re-positioned call to kfree() in 
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
causes a segmentation error. This patch removed the kfree() call.

Fixes 6557ddfec348 ("staging: rtl8723bs: Fix various errors in os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c")
Signed-off-by: Ian W Morrison <ianwmorrison@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
---
This version of the patch (version 6) fixes errors in the patch submission.
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
index f17f4fb..2ee9df5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
@@ -3527,7 +3527,6 @@ int rtw_wdev_alloc(struct adapter *padapter, struct device *dev)
 		pwdev_priv->power_mgmt = true;
 	else
 		pwdev_priv->power_mgmt = false;
-	kfree((u8 *)wdev);
 
 	return ret;
 
-- 
1.9.1