netdev - Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: fix memory leak in rtl_usb

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Date:   Sat, 5 Oct 2019 18:08:36 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@...il.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Navid Emamdoost <emamd001@....edu>, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>,
        Stephen McCamant <smccaman@....edu>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: fix memory leak in rtl_usb_probe

> In rtl_usb_probe, a new hw is allocated via ieee80211_alloc_hw(). This
> allocation should be released in case of allocation failure for
> rtlpriv->usb_data.
>
> Fixes: a7959c1394d4 ("rtlwifi: Preallocate USB read buffers and eliminate kalloc in read routine")

Which event did trigger the sending of this patch variant
after a similar change was integrated already?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=3f93616951138a598d930dcaec40f2bfd9ce43bb
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191001092047.71E8460A30@smtp.codeaurora.org/
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/comment/1331936/

Regards,
Markus