linux-kernel - [22/89] iwl4965: fix 5GHz operation

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:59:45 -0700
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>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: [22/89] iwl4965: fix 5GHz operation

2.6.39-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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

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

commit aac11c1b351413aa3412e258e2b2dcba31777209 upstream.

rx_status.band is used uninitialized, what disallow to work on 5GHz .

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-4965-lib.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-4965-lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl-4965-lib.c
@@ -628,11 +628,11 @@ void iwl4965_rx_reply_rx(struct iwl_priv
 
 	/* rx_status carries information about the packet to mac80211 */
 	rx_status.mactime = le64_to_cpu(phy_res->timestamp);
+	rx_status.band = (phy_res->phy_flags & RX_RES_PHY_FLAGS_BAND_24_MSK) ?
+				IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ : IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ;
 	rx_status.freq =
 		ieee80211_channel_to_frequency(le16_to_cpu(phy_res->channel),
 							rx_status.band);
-	rx_status.band = (phy_res->phy_flags & RX_RES_PHY_FLAGS_BAND_24_MSK) ?
-				IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ : IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ;
 	rx_status.rate_idx =
 		iwl4965_hwrate_to_mac80211_idx(rate_n_flags, rx_status.band);
 	rx_status.flag = 0;


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