Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 3 authors, 2021-06-14

Re: [PATCH] wcn36xx: Move hal_buf allocation to devm_kmalloc in probe

From: Kalle Valo <hidden>
Date: 2021-06-12 11:05:07

Bryan O'Donoghue [off-list ref] writes:
Right now wcn->hal_buf is allocated in wcn36xx_start(). This is a problem
since we should have setup all of the buffers we required by the time
ieee80211_register_hw() is called.

struct ieee80211_ops callbacks may run prior to mac_start() and therefore
wcn->hal_buf must be initialized.

This is easily remediated by moving the allocation to probe() taking the
opportunity to tidy up freeing memory by using devm_kmalloc().

Fixes: 8e84c2582169 ('wcn36xx: mac80211 driver for Qualcomm WCN3660/WCN3680
hardware')
Fixes tag is wrong, it should be like this and all in one line:

Fixes: 8e84c2582169 ("wcn36xx: mac80211 driver for Qualcomm WCN3660/WCN3680 hardware")

I fixed it in the pending branch, no need to resend.

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