Patch should fix this oops:
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
000000a0
IP: [<
f81b30c9>] rt2800usb_get_txwi+0x19/0x70 [rt2800usb]
*pdpt =
0000000000000000 *pde =
f000ff53f000ff53
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
Pid: 198, comm: kworker/u:3 Tainted: G W 3.0.0-wl+ #9 LENOVO 6369CTO/6369CTO
EIP: 0060:[<
f81b30c9>] EFLAGS:
00010283 CPU: 1
EIP is at rt2800usb_get_txwi+0x19/0x70 [rt2800usb]
EAX:
00000000 EBX:
f465e140 ECX:
f4494960 EDX:
ef24c5f8
ESI:
810f21f5 EDI:
f1da9960 EBP:
f4581e80 ESP:
f4581e70
DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068
Process kworker/u:3 (pid: 198, ti=
f4580000 task=
f4494960 task.ti=
f4580000)
Call Trace:
[<
f804790f>] rt2800_txdone_entry+0x2f/0xf0 [rt2800lib]
[<
c045110d>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x7d/0xa0
[<
f81b3a38>] ? rt2800usb_work_txdone+0x288/0x360 [rt2800usb]
[<
f81b3a38>] ? rt2800usb_work_txdone+0x288/0x360 [rt2800usb]
[<
f81b3a13>] rt2800usb_work_txdone+0x263/0x360 [rt2800usb]
[<
c046a8d6>] process_one_work+0x186/0x440
[<
c046a85a>] ? process_one_work+0x10a/0x440
[<
f81b37b0>] ? rt2800usb_probe_hw+0x120/0x120 [rt2800usb]
[<
c046c283>] worker_thread+0x133/0x310
[<
c04885db>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0x10
[<
c046c150>] ? manage_workers+0x1e0/0x1e0
[<
c047054c>] kthread+0x7c/0x90
[<
c04704d0>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x60/0x60
[<
c0826b42>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x1
Oops might happen because we check rt2x00queue_empty(queue) twice,
but this condition can change and we can process entry in
rt2800_txdone_entry(), which was already processed by
rt2800usb_txdone_entry_check() -> rt2x00lib_txdone_noinfo() and
has nullify entry->skb .
Reported-by: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>