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iwl4965: Fix a memory leak in error handling code of __il4965_up

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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@163.com>
Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
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Jia-Ju Bai 2016-03-18 13:28:33 +11:00 • committed by Kalle Valo
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drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
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@ -5577,6 +5577,7 @@ __il4965_up(struct il_priv *il)
ret = il4965_hw_nic_init(il);
if (ret) {
IL_ERR("Unable to init nic\n");
il_dealloc_bcast_stations(il);
return ret;
}