[PATCH] ath11k: fix workqueue not getting destroyed after rmmod

Aditya Kumar Singh quic_adisi at quicinc.com
Wed Dec 22 19:56:27 PST 2021


Currently, ath11k_core_alloc() creates a single thread workqueue.
This workqueue is not detroyed during clean up when ath11k modules
are unloaded from the kernel and is left as it is.
If workqueue is not destroyed, it could lead to kernel
memory scarcity in a longer run. This could affect self and
other drivers workability as well.

Add destroy workqueue in ath11k_core_free(). 

Tested on: IPQ8074 WLAN.HK.2.4.0.1-01746-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

Signed-off-by: Aditya Kumar Singh <quic_adisi at quicinc.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
index 2ba3bf8..6de0fc5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2018-2019 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -1172,6 +1173,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath11k_core_deinit);
 
 void ath11k_core_free(struct ath11k_base *ab)
 {
+	flush_workqueue(ab->workqueue);
+	destroy_workqueue(ab->workqueue);
+
 	kfree(ab);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath11k_core_free);
-- 
2.7.4




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