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staging: wlags49_h2: use free_netdev(netdev) instead of kfree()

Freeing netdev without free_netdev() leads to net, tx leaks.
I might lead to dereferencing freed pointer.

The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

@@
struct net_device* dev;
@@

-kfree(dev)
+free_netdev(dev)

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

authored by

Vasiliy Kulikov and committed by
Greg Kroah-Hartman
b37e0c61 c95aef41

+1 -1
+1 -1
drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_netdev.c
··· 1586 1586 dev_wds->flags &= ~( IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING ); 1587 1587 } 1588 1588 1589 - kfree( dev_wds ); 1589 + free_netdev(dev_wds); 1590 1590 lp->wds_port[count].dev = NULL; 1591 1591 } 1592 1592 }