[033/289] ath9k_hw: Fix memory leak on ath9k_hw_rf_alloc_ext_banks failure

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Dec 07 2010 - 20:58:00 EST


2.6.36-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanoharan@xxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 48a7c3df14d0cda850337a9b3f9e667a0b12a996 upstream.

The allocated externel radio banks have to be freed in
case of ath9k_hw_rf_alloc_ext_banks failure.

Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanoharan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ static int ath9k_hw_post_init(struct ath
ath_print(ath9k_hw_common(ah), ATH_DBG_FATAL,
"Failed allocating banks for "
"external radio\n");
+ ath9k_hw_rf_free_ext_banks(ah);
return ecode;
}



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