[PATCH v3 0/2] wifi: ath11k/ath12k: release QMI handles on late init failures

[Baochen Qiang]

On 7/18/2026 3:40 PM, Guangshuo Li wrote:
> This series fixes QMI handle leaks in the late initialization failure
> paths of ath11k and ath12k.
> 
> Both drivers initialize the QMI handle before allocating the QMI event
> workqueue and registering the service lookup. If either of these later
> steps fails, the initialized QMI handle is not released.
> 
> Patch 1 fixes the leak in ath11k.
> 
> Patch 2 fixes the leak in ath12k and sets ab->qmi.ab only after QMI
> service initialization completes successfully.
> 
> v3:
>   - Split the ath11k and ath12k changes into separate patches, as
>     requested by Jeff Johnson.
> 
> v2:
>   - Set ath12k ab->qmi.ab only after QMI service initialization succeeds,
>     as suggested by Baochen Qiang.
>   - Fix the same late initialization QMI handle leak in ath11k, as
>     suggested by Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan.
>   - Drop the Reviewed-by tag due to the code changes.
> 
> Guangshuo Li (2):
>   wifi: ath11k: release QMI handle on late init failures
>   wifi: ath12k: release QMI handle on late init failures
> 
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c | 10 ++++++++--
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/qmi.c | 13 ++++++++++---
>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang at oss.qualcomm.com>