[PATCH] ath10k: clear QMI if failed during init

Albert Esteve aesteve at redhat.com
Mon Sep 14 06:05:19 PDT 2026


A failed ath10k_qmi_init() left a dangling
pointer (ar_snoc->qmi) in the cleanup path.
Clear the pointer on the way out for hygiene
and consistency with deinit().

Fixes: ba94c753ccb4 ("ath10k: add QMI message handshake for wcn3990 client")
Signed-off-by: Albert Esteve <aesteve at redhat.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c
index 0d74548a5f34..08a64f737fb4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/qmi.c
@@ -1128,6 +1128,7 @@ int ath10k_qmi_init(struct ath10k *ar, u32 msa_size)
 
 err:
 	kfree(qmi);
+	ar_snoc->qmi = NULL;
 	return ret;
 }
 

---
base-commit: bc35965f6940a9bf834d54187b6088b8eb09206d
change-id: 20260914-fix-ath10k-dangling-15676d427cbb

Best regards,
-- 
Albert Esteve <aesteve at redhat.com>




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