From: Michal Kazior Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:46:05 +0000 (+0300) Subject: ath10k: fix NULL deref upon early FW crash X-Git-Tag: next-20131210~53^2~32^2~46 X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5e90de860bc2d82dcb73caef86c05cb49c2b5792;p=karo-tx-linux.git ath10k: fix NULL deref upon early FW crash If firmware crashes during FW probing it would try to perform FW recovery which uses mac80211 workqueue before registering to mac80211. Using internal workqueue solves the problem. Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c index 1129994fb105..2a360cac4cee 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c @@ -664,7 +664,8 @@ static void ath10k_core_restart(struct work_struct *work) ieee80211_restart_hw(ar->hw); break; case ATH10K_STATE_OFF: - /* this can happen if driver is being unloaded */ + /* this can happen if driver is being unloaded + * or if the crash happens during FW probing */ ath10k_warn("cannot restart a device that hasn't been started\n"); break; case ATH10K_STATE_RESTARTING: diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c index f8d59c7b9082..d09f8a2861ba 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c @@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static void ath10k_pci_hif_dump_area(struct ath10k *ar) reg_dump_values[i + 2], reg_dump_values[i + 3]); - ieee80211_queue_work(ar->hw, &ar->restart_work); + queue_work(ar->workqueue, &ar->restart_work); } static void ath10k_pci_hif_send_complete_check(struct ath10k *ar, u8 pipe,