netdev - [PATCH net 1/6] qlcnic: Fix panic due to uninitialzed delayed

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Message-ID: <1397484143-9708-2-git-send-email-shahed.shaikh@qlogic.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:02:18 -0400
From:	Shahed Shaikh <shahed.shaikh@...gic.com>
To:	<davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <Dept-HSGLinuxNICDev@...gic.com>,
	Sucheta Chakraborty <sucheta.chakraborty@...gic.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/6] qlcnic: Fix panic due to uninitialzed delayed_work struct in use.

From: Sucheta Chakraborty <sucheta.chakraborty@...gic.com>

o AEN event was being received before initializing delayed_work struct
  and handlers for it. This was resulting in crash. This patch fixes it.

Signed-off-by: Sucheta Chakraborty <sucheta.chakraborty@...gic.com>
Signed-off-by: Shahed Shaikh <shahed.shaikh@...gic.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c
index b48737d..d211af7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c
@@ -2348,14 +2348,13 @@ int qlcnic_83xx_init(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter, int pci_using_dac)
 		goto disable_intr;
 	}
 
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&adapter->idc_aen_work, qlcnic_83xx_idc_aen_work);
+
 	err = qlcnic_83xx_setup_mbx_intr(adapter);
 	if (err)
 		goto disable_mbx_intr;
 
 	qlcnic_83xx_clear_function_resources(adapter);
-
-	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&adapter->idc_aen_work, qlcnic_83xx_idc_aen_work);
-
 	qlcnic_83xx_initialize_nic(adapter, 1);
 
 	/* Configure default, SR-IOV or Virtual NIC mode of operation */
-- 
1.8.1.4

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