| Message ID | 1369946084-11103-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com |
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| State | New |
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diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/hostap.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/hostap.c index 26a7d0e..f52db1c 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/hostap.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/hostap.c @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int hostap_disable_hostapd(PSDevice pDevice, int rtnl_locked) DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO "%s: Netdevice %s unregistered\n", pDevice->dev->name, pDevice->apdev->name); } - kfree(pDevice->apdev); + free_netdev(pDevice->apdev); pDevice->apdev = NULL; pDevice->bEnable8021x = FALSE; pDevice->bEnableHostWEP = FALSE;
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled staging: vt6656: use free_netdev instead of kfree to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.2. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Kamal ------ From c49e5f9a2bb8499881e7b143ece741c192d18b44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hema Prathaban <hemaklnce@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 22:39:47 +0530 Subject: staging: vt6656: use free_netdev instead of kfree commit 0a438d5b381e2bdfd5e02d653bf46fcc878356e3 upstream. use free_netdev() instead of kfree(pDevice->apdev) Signed-off-by: Hema Prathaban <hemaklnce@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> [ kamal: backport to 3.8 ] Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> --- drivers/staging/vt6656/hostap.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 1.8.1.2