linux-kernel - [19/94] mwifiex: fix memory leak issue when driver unload

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Message-ID: <lsq.1369712993.304891203@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 28 May 2013 04:49:53 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Bing Zhao" <bzhao@...vell.com>,
	"Daniel Drake" <dsd@...top.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"Amitkumar Karwar" <akarwar@...vell.com>
Subject: [19/94] mwifiex: fix memory leak issue when driver unload

3.2.46-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@...vell.com>

commit f16fdc9d2dc1e5b270e9a08377587e831e0d36ac upstream.

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.

Reported-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@...top.org>
Tested-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@...top.org>
Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@...vell.com>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@...vell.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: s/wdev->netdev/dev/]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c |    3 ---
 drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c     |    1 +
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
@@ -1281,9 +1281,6 @@ int mwifiex_del_virtual_intf(struct wiph
 	if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
 		unregister_netdevice(dev);
 
-	if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERED)
-		free_netdev(dev);
-
 	/* Clear the priv in adapter */
 	priv->netdev = NULL;
 
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ void mwifiex_init_priv_params(struct mwi
 						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;

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