linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][V3] mt7601u: do not free dma

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Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:36:31 -0500
From:	Kuba Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
To:	Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][V3] mt7601u: do not free dma_buf when ivp allocation fails

On 25 February 2016 18:24:27 GMT-05:00, Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
>From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
>If the allocation of ivp fails the error handling attempts to
>free an uninitialized dma_buf; this data structure just contains
>garbage on the stack, so the freeing will cause issues when the
>urb, buf and dma fields are free'd. Fix this by not free'ing the
>dma_buf if the ivp allocation fails.
>
>Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

LGTM, thanks.