[PATCH] wcn36xx: Move hal_buf allocation to devm_kmalloc in probe

[Kalle Valo]

Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue at linaro.org> writes:

> Right now wcn->hal_buf is allocated in wcn36xx_start(). This is a problem
> since we should have setup all of the buffers we required by the time
> ieee80211_register_hw() is called.
>
> struct ieee80211_ops callbacks may run prior to mac_start() and therefore
> wcn->hal_buf must be initialized.
>
> This is easily remediated by moving the allocation to probe() taking the
> opportunity to tidy up freeing memory by using devm_kmalloc().
>
> Fixes: 8e84c2582169 ('wcn36xx: mac80211 driver for Qualcomm WCN3660/WCN3680
> hardware')

Fixes tag is wrong, it should be like this and all in one line:

Fixes: 8e84c2582169 ("wcn36xx: mac80211 driver for Qualcomm WCN3660/WCN3680 hardware")

I fixed it in the pending branch, no need to resend.

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