ath9k: fix a buffer leak in A-MPDU completion

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When ath_tx_complete_aggr() is called, it's responsible for returning
all buffers in the linked list. This was not done when the STA lookup
failed, leading to a race condition that could leak a few buffers when
a STA just disconnected.
Fix this by immediately returning all buffers to the free list in this case.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

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Felix Fietkau 2010-07-07 19:42:09 +02:00 • committed by John W. Linville

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