net/wireless/libertas: do not call wiphy_unregister() w/o wiphy_register()
authorDaniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de>
Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:14:18 +0000 (17:14 +0200)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:37:37 +0000 (15:37 -0400)
The libertas driver calls wiphy_unregister() without a prior
wiphy_register() when a devices fails initialization. Fix this by
introducing a private flag.

[    9.310000] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000

[...]

[    9.330000] [<c0311310>] (wiphy_unregister+0xfc/0x19c) from [<bf00c9ec>] (lbs_cfg_free+0x70/0x9c [libertas])
[    9.330000] [<bf00c9ec>] (lbs_cfg_free+0x70/0x9c [libertas]) from [<bf014fdc>] (lbs_remove_card+0x180/0x210 [libertas])
[    9.330000] [<bf014fdc>] (lbs_remove_card+0x180/0x210 [libertas]) from [<bf035394>] (if_sdio_probe+0xdc4/0xef4 [libertas_sdio])
[    9.330000] [<bf035394>] (if_sdio_probe+0xdc4/0xef4 [libertas_sdio]) from [<c0230d14>] (sdio_bus_probe+0xd4/0xf0)
[    9.330000] [<c0230d14>] (sdio_bus_probe+0xd4/0xf0) from [<c01a6034>] (driver_probe_device+0xa4/0x174)
[    9.330000] [<c01a6034>] (driver_probe_device+0xa4/0x174) from [<c01a6164>] (__driver_attach+0x60/0x84)
[    9.330000] [<c01a6164>] (__driver_attach+0x60/0x84) from [<c01a5854>] (bus_for_each_dev+0x4c/0x8c)
[    9.330000] [<c01a5854>] (bus_for_each_dev+0x4c/0x8c) from [<c01a50e4>] (bus_add_driver+0xa0/0x228)
[    9.330000] [<c01a50e4>] (bus_add_driver+0xa0/0x228) from [<c01a6470>] (driver_register+0xc0/0x150)
[    9.330000] [<c01a6470>] (driver_register+0xc0/0x150) from [<bf03a06c>] (if_sdio_init_module+0x6c/0x108 [libertas_sdio])
[    9.330000] [<bf03a06c>] (if_sdio_init_module+0x6c/0x108 [libertas_sdio]) from [<c00263ac>] (do_one_initcall+0x5c/0x1bc)
[    9.330000] [<c00263ac>] (do_one_initcall+0x5c/0x1bc) from [<c0069f80>] (sys_init_module+0xc0/0x1f0)
[    9.330000] [<c0069f80>] (sys_init_module+0xc0/0x1f0) from [<c0026f00>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x30)

Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@caiaq.de>
Cc: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Cc: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: Holger Schurig <hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de>
Cc: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>
Cc: libertas-dev@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cfg.c
drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h

index 4396dccd12ac127b27dda8134e1edefccd00324a..82ebe1461a77c99721837729c33ddb59e1a56eb7 100644 (file)
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ int lbs_cfg_register(struct lbs_private *priv)
        if (ret < 0)
                lbs_pr_err("cannot register wiphy device\n");
 
+       priv->wiphy_registered = true;
+
        ret = register_netdev(priv->dev);
        if (ret)
                lbs_pr_err("cannot register network device\n");
@@ -190,9 +192,11 @@ void lbs_cfg_free(struct lbs_private *priv)
        if (!wdev)
                return;
 
-       if (wdev->wiphy) {
+       if (priv->wiphy_registered)
                wiphy_unregister(wdev->wiphy);
+
+       if (wdev->wiphy)
                wiphy_free(wdev->wiphy);
-       }
+
        kfree(wdev);
 }
index 6977ee82021411ecebba130a2a10c6b5c40992df..6875e1498bd57e36f54e826c763bb041a9bd3283 100644 (file)
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct lbs_private {
 
        /* CFG80211 */
        struct wireless_dev *wdev;
+       bool wiphy_registered;
 
        /* Mesh */
        struct net_device *mesh_dev; /* Virtual device */