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SubjectRe: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: fix a potential memory leak in r871xu_drv_init()
On Tue, Apr 05, 2022 at 12:43:07PM +0800, xkernel.wang@foxmail.com wrote:
> From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>
>
> In r871xu_drv_init(), if r8712_init_drv_sw() fails, then the memory
> allocated by r8712_alloc_io_queue() in r8712_usb_dvobj_init() is not
> properly released as there is no action will be performed by
> r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit().
> To properly release it, we should call r8712_free_io_queue() in
> r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit().
>
> Besides, in r871xu_dev_remove(), r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit() will be called
> by r871x_dev_unload() under condition `padapter->bup` and
> r8712_free_io_queue() is called by r8712_free_drv_sw().
> However, r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit() does not rely on `padapter->bup` and
> calling r8712_free_io_queue() in r8712_free_drv_sw() is negative for
> better understading the code.
> So I move r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit() into r871xu_dev_remove(), and remove
> r8712_free_io_queue() from r8712_free_drv_sw().
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>
> ---

Sounds reasonable.

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>

regards,
dan carpenter

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