linux-kernel - [030/115] iwlagn: enable only rfkill interrupt when device is down

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Date:	Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:44:56 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>,
	Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: [030/115] iwlagn: enable only rfkill interrupt when device is down

2.6.32-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>

commit 554d1d027b19265c4aa3f718b3126d2b86e09a08 upstream.

Since commit 6cd0b1cb872b3bf9fc5de4536404206ab74bafdd "iwlagn: fix
hw-rfkill while the interface is down", we enable interrupts when
device is not ready to receive them. However hardware, when it is in
some inconsistent state, can generate other than rfkill interrupts
and crash the system. I can reproduce crash with "kernel BUG at
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c:1010!" message, when forcing
firmware restarts.

To fix only enable rfkill interrupt when down device and after probe.
I checked patch on laptop with 5100 device, rfkill change is still
passed to user space when device is down.

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c     |    9 +++++----
 drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-helpers.h |    6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -2358,9 +2358,10 @@ static void iwl_mac_stop(struct ieee8021
 
 	flush_workqueue(priv->workqueue);
 
-	/* enable interrupts again in order to receive rfkill changes */
+	/* User space software may expect getting rfkill changes
+	 * even if interface is down */
 	iwl_write32(priv, CSR_INT, 0xFFFFFFFF);
-	iwl_enable_interrupts(priv);
+	iwl_enable_rfkill_int(priv);
 
 	IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211(priv, "leave\n");
 }
@@ -3060,14 +3061,14 @@ static int iwl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev
 	 * 8. Setup and register mac80211
 	 **********************************/
 
-	/* enable interrupts if needed: hw bug w/a */
+	/* enable rfkill interrupt: hw bug w/a */
 	pci_read_config_word(priv->pci_dev, PCI_COMMAND, &pci_cmd);
 	if (pci_cmd & PCI_COMMAND_INTX_DISABLE) {
 		pci_cmd &= ~PCI_COMMAND_INTX_DISABLE;
 		pci_write_config_word(priv->pci_dev, PCI_COMMAND, pci_cmd);
 	}
 
-	iwl_enable_interrupts(priv);
+	iwl_enable_rfkill_int(priv);
 
 	err = iwl_setup_mac(priv);
 	if (err)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-helpers.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-helpers.h
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ static inline void iwl_disable_interrupt
 	IWL_DEBUG_ISR(priv, "Disabled interrupts\n");
 }
 
+static inline void iwl_enable_rfkill_int(struct iwl_priv *priv)
+{
+	IWL_DEBUG_ISR(priv, "Enabling rfkill interrupt\n");
+	iwl_write32(priv, CSR_INT_MASK, CSR_INT_BIT_RF_KILL);
+}
+
 static inline void iwl_enable_interrupts(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 {
 	IWL_DEBUG_ISR(priv, "Enabling interrupts\n");


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