[PATCH 2/2] ath11k: fix missing skb drop on htc_tx_completion error
Kalle Valo
kvalo at kernel.org
Mon Jun 6 07:07:23 PDT 2022
Christian 'Ansuel' Marangi <ansuelsmth at gmail.com> wrote:
> On htc_tx_completion error the skb is not dropped. This is wrong since
> the completion_handler logic expect the skb to be consumed anyway even
> when an error is triggered. Not freeing the skb on error is a memory
> leak since the skb won't be freed anywere else. Correctly free the
> packet on eid >= ATH11K_HTC_EP_COUNT before returning.
>
> Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.5.0.1-01208-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
>
> Fixes: f951380a6022 ("ath11k: Disabling credit flow for WMI path")
> Signed-off-by: Christian 'Ansuel' Marangi <ansuelsmth at gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo at quicinc.com>
Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.
e5646fe3b7ef ath11k: fix missing skb drop on htc_tx_completion error
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