-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: John W. Linville [PATCH] softmac: avoid assert in ieee80211softmac_wx_get_rate Unconfigured bcm43xx device can hit an assert() during wx_get_rate queries. This is because bcm43xx calls ieee80211softmac_start late (i.e. during open instead of probe). bcm43xx_net_open -> bcm43xx_init_board -> bcm43xx_select_wireless_core -> ieee80211softmac_start Fix is to check that device is running before completing ieee80211softmac_wx_get_rate. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Cc: Chuck Ebbert Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) --- a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c +++ b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c @@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ ieee80211softmac_wx_get_rate(struct net_ int err = -EINVAL; spin_lock_irqsave(&mac->lock, flags); + + if (unlikely(!mac->running)) { + err = -ENODEV; + goto out_unlock; + } + switch (mac->txrates.default_rate) { case IEEE80211_CCK_RATE_1MB: data->bitrate.value = 1000000; -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/