netdev - [PATCH] iwl4965: Fix a memory leak in error handling code of __il4965

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Date:	Sun, 10 Jan 2016 10:19:23 +0800
From:	Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@....com>
To:	sgruszka@...hat.com, kvalo@...eaurora.org, johannes.berg@...el.com,
	emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com
Cc:	ilw@...ux.intel.com, linuxwifi@...el.com,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@....com>
Subject: [PATCH] iwl4965: Fix a memory leak in error handling code of __il4965_up

When il4965_hw_nic_init in __il4965_up fails, the memory allocated by 
iwl4965_sta_alloc_lq in iwl4965_alloc_bcast_station is not freed.

This patches adds il_dealloc_bcast_stations in the error handling code of 
__il4965_up to fix this problem.

This patch has been tested in real device, and it actually fixes the bug.

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@....com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
index 6656215..fd7b5c7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
@@ -5577,6 +5577,7 @@ __il4965_up(struct il_priv *il)
 	ret = il4965_hw_nic_init(il);
 	if (ret) {
 		IL_ERR("Unable to init nic\n");
+		il_dealloc_bcast_stations(il);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.9.5