From: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@cse.iitm.ac.in>, jjohnson@kernel.org
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath11k@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath11k: Fix possible memory leak in ath11k_dp_srng_setup()
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:40:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <041f72ea-7dfc-4d50-ac0d-e0556f037a27@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260727105532.118164-1-nihaal@cse.iitm.ac.in>
On 7/27/2026 3:55 AM, Abdun Nihaal wrote:
> In ath11k_dp_srng_setup(), the memory allocated for
> ring->vaddr_unaligned is not freed when ath11k_hal_srng_setup() fails.
> Fix that by calling ath11k_dp_srng_cleanup() in that error path.
Did you find this on your own? Just want to make sure you are aware of:
https://docs.kernel.org/process/coding-assistants.html
FWIW my coding agent says this patch is correct but incomplete. There is a 2nd
leak, at the switch (type) default: case which returns -EINVAL without cleanup.
Care to incorporate a fix for that in a v2?
For that part you can add Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-4-6
/jeff
>
> Fixes: d5c65159f289 ("ath11k: driver for Qualcomm IEEE 802.11ax devices")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@cse.iitm.ac.in>
> ---
> Compile tested only. Issue found using static analysis.
>
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c
> index f389b97acbdd..c3a16da1cba7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c
> @@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ int ath11k_dp_srng_setup(struct ath11k_base *ab, struct dp_srng *ring,
>
> ret = ath11k_hal_srng_setup(ab, type, ring_num, mac_id, ¶ms);
> if (ret < 0) {
> + ath11k_dp_srng_cleanup(ab, ring);
> ath11k_warn(ab, "failed to setup srng: %d ring_id %d\n",
> ret, ring_num);
> return ret;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-31 21:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-27 10:55 [PATCH] wifi: ath11k: Fix possible memory leak in ath11k_dp_srng_setup() Abdun Nihaal
2026-07-31 7:30 ` Baochen Qiang
2026-07-31 21:40 ` Jeff Johnson [this message]
2026-08-01 11:38 ` Abdun Nihaal
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