Re: [PATCH] Fix unload oops and memory leak in yealink driver

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Sep 07 2006 - 19:52:41 EST


On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 01:46:14AM +0200, Henk Vergonet wrote:
> I hope we can schedule this for inclusion in 2.6.18 as many users have
> reported problems with kernel oops-en while unloading the driver.
>
> (tested on 2.6.18-rc6)
>
> Description:
>
> This patch fixes a memory leak and a kernel oops when trying to unload
> the driver, due to an unbalanced cleanup.
> Thanks Ivar Jensen for spotting my mistake.
>
> Signed-off-by: Henk Vergonet <henk.vergonet@xxxxxxxxx>

How about a version of the patch without the spelling and other stuff in
it, and only the bugfix?

The other stuff can be in a different patch that can be added later.

thanks,

greg k-h
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