linux-kernel - [ 89/94] rtlwifi: fix for race condition when firmware is cached

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Date:	Sun, 27 May 2012 10:05:52 +0900
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Joshua Roys <Joshua.Roys@...i.gatech.edu>,
	Neptune Ning <frostyplanet@...il.com>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: [ 89/94] rtlwifi: fix for race condition when firmware is cached

3.3-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>

commit 574e02abaf816b582685805f0c1150ca9f1f18ee upstream.

In commit b0302ab, the rtlwifi family of drivers was converted to use
asynchronous firmware loading. Unfortumately, the implementation was
racy, and the ieee80211 routines could be started before rtl_init_core()
was called to setup the data.

This patch fixes the bug noted in https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43187.

Reported-by: Joshua Roys <Joshua.Roys@...i.gatech.edu>
Tested-by: Neptune Ning <frostyplanet@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c |   17 +++++++++--------
 drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c |   12 ++++++------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
@@ -1865,14 +1865,6 @@ int __devinit rtl_pci_probe(struct pci_d
 	/*like read eeprom and so on */
 	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->read_eeprom_info(hw);
 
-	if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_vars(hw)) {
-		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG,
-			 ("Can't init_sw_vars.\n"));
-		goto fail3;
-	}
-
-	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_leds(hw);
-
 	/*aspm */
 	rtl_pci_init_aspm(hw);
 
@@ -1892,6 +1884,15 @@ int __devinit rtl_pci_probe(struct pci_d
 		goto fail3;
 	}
 
+	if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_vars(hw)) {
+		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG,
+			 ("Can't init_sw_vars.\n"));
+		err = -ENODEV;
+		goto fail3;
+	}
+
+	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_leds(hw);
+
 	err = sysfs_create_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &rtl_attribute_group);
 	if (err) {
 		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG,
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
@@ -970,12 +970,6 @@ int __devinit rtl_usb_probe(struct usb_i
 	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->read_chip_version(hw);
 	/*like read eeprom and so on */
 	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->read_eeprom_info(hw);
-	if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_vars(hw)) {
-		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG,
-			 ("Can't init_sw_vars.\n"));
-		goto error_out;
-	}
-	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_leds(hw);
 	err = _rtl_usb_init(hw);
 	err = _rtl_usb_init_sw(hw);
 	/* Init mac80211 sw */
@@ -985,6 +979,12 @@ int __devinit rtl_usb_probe(struct usb_i
 			 ("Can't allocate sw for mac80211.\n"));
 		goto error_out;
 	}
+	if (rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_vars(hw)) {
+		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG,
+			 ("Can't init_sw_vars.\n"));
+		goto error_out;
+	}
+	rtlpriv->cfg->ops->init_sw_leds(hw);
 
 	return 0;
 error_out:


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