[PATCH 1/3] usb: Fix qcserial memory leak on rmmod

Steven Hardy
2011-04-04T16:57:49Z

qcprobe function allocates serial->private but this is never freed, this
patch adds a new function qc_release() which frees serial->private, after
calling usb_wwan_release

Signed-off-by: Steven Hardy <shardy@redhat.com>
---
Repost of qcserial patches posted last week, hopefully addresses review
comments and email-patch-format issues

drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c
index 8858201..6e3b933 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c
@@ -205,6 +205,18 @@ static int qcprobe(struct usb_serial *serial, const struct usb_device_id *id)
return retval;
}

+static void qc_release(struct usb_serial *serial)
+{
+ struct usb_wwan_intf_private *priv = usb_get_serial_data(serial);
+
+ dbg("%s", __func__);
+
+ /* Call usb_wwan release & free the private data allocated in qcprobe */
+ usb_wwan_release(serial);
+ usb_set_serial_data(serial, NULL);
+ kfree(priv);
+}
+
static struct usb_serial_driver qcdevice = {
.driver = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
@@ -222,7 +234,7 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver qcdevice = {
.chars_in_buffer = usb_wwan_chars_in_buffer,
.attach = usb_wwan_startup,
.disconnect = usb_wwan_disconnect,
- .release = usb_wwan_release,
+ .release = qc_release,
#ifdef CONFIG_PM
.suspend = usb_wwan_suspend,
.resume = usb_wwan_resume,
--
1.7.1