ath9k_htc: Fix HTC layer memleak
Messages that are generated by the HTC layer
don't have any TX callback endpoints assigned to them.
Consequently, the allocated SKBs are never freed.
Fix this issue by handling this case in the HTC layer
itself.
Signed-off-by: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
index 30f608b..24d7b88 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
@@ -326,11 +326,13 @@
if (htc_handle->htc_flags & HTC_OP_CONFIG_PIPE_CREDITS) {
complete(&htc_handle->cmd_wait);
htc_handle->htc_flags &= ~HTC_OP_CONFIG_PIPE_CREDITS;
+ goto ret;
}
if (htc_handle->htc_flags & HTC_OP_START_WAIT) {
complete(&htc_handle->cmd_wait);
htc_handle->htc_flags &= ~HTC_OP_START_WAIT;
+ goto ret;
}
if (skb) {
@@ -343,6 +345,11 @@
htc_hdr->endpoint_id, txok);
}
}
+
+ return;
+ret:
+ /* HTC-generated packets are freed here. */
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
}
/*