| Message ID | 0824ed85fd45846da65fc919ae22df9d7ebf2f97.1501150507.git.sbrivio@redhat.com |
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| State | Awaiting Upstream, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
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Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com> wrote: > After commit cf124db566e6 ("net: Fix inconsistent teardown and > release of private netdev state."), setting > 'dev->needs_free_netdev' ensures device data is released, and > 'dev->destructor' is not used anymore. > > Fixes: cf124db566e6 ("net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state.") > Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com> Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks. 9ff067ff4c4a hostap: Fix outdated comment about dev->destructor
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_main.c index a3c066f90afc..012930d35434 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_main.c @@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ void hostap_remove_interface(struct net_device *dev, int rtnl_locked, else unregister_netdev(dev); - /* dev->destructor = free_netdev() will free the device data, including - * private data, when removing the device */ + /* 'dev->needs_free_netdev = true' implies device data, including + * private data, will be freed when the device is removed */ }
After commit cf124db566e6 ("net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state."), setting 'dev->needs_free_netdev' ensures device data is released, and 'dev->destructor' is not used anymore. Fixes: cf124db566e6 ("net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state.") Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com> --- Despite checkpatch.pl warning against unnecessary changes, this outdated comment might lead to confusion -- making this change actually necessary, perhaps. drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_main.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)