[PATCH 1/3] usb: Fix qcserial memory leak on rmmod

[Steven Hardy]

qcprobe function allocates serial->private but this is never freed, this
patch adds a new function qc_release() which frees serial->private, after
calling usb_wwan_release

Signed-off-by: Steven Hardy <shardy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Repost of qcserial patches posted last week, hopefully addresses review 
comments and email-patch-format issues

 drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c |   14 +++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c
index 8858201..6e3b933 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/qcserial.c
@@ -205,6 +205,18 @@ static int qcprobe(struct usb_serial *serial, const struct usb_device_id *id)
 	return retval;
 }
 
+static void qc_release(struct usb_serial *serial)
+{
+	struct usb_wwan_intf_private *priv = usb_get_serial_data(serial);
+
+	dbg("%s", __func__);
+
+	/* Call usb_wwan release & free the private data allocated in qcprobe */
+	usb_wwan_release(serial);
+	usb_set_serial_data(serial, NULL);
+	kfree(priv);
+}
+
 static struct usb_serial_driver qcdevice = {
 	.driver = {
 		.owner     = THIS_MODULE,
@@ -222,7 +234,7 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver qcdevice = {
 	.chars_in_buffer     = usb_wwan_chars_in_buffer,
 	.attach		     = usb_wwan_startup,
 	.disconnect	     = usb_wwan_disconnect,
-	.release	     = usb_wwan_release,
+	.release	     = qc_release,
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 	.suspend	     = usb_wwan_suspend,
 	.resume		     = usb_wwan_resume,
-- 
1.7.1



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