[ 3.8.y.z extended stable ] Patch "staging: vt6656: use free_netdev instead of kfree" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

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

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From: Hema Prathaban <hemaklnce at 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 at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
[ kamal: backport to 3.8 ]
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/staging/vt6656/hostap.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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;
--
1.8.1.2