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

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:13:39 +0100
From:	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
To:	Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@....com>
Cc:	kvalo@...eaurora.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwl4965: Fix a memory leak in error handling code of
 __il4965_up

On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 08:17:39PM +0800, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> 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>

Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>