From: Lorenzo Nava <[email protected]>

This patch fixes the return type of b43_plcp_get_bitrate_idx_ofdm. If  
the plcp contains an error, the function return value is 255 instead  
of -1, and the packet was not dropped. This causes a warning in  
__ieee80211_rx function because rate idx is out of range.

Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Nava <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <[email protected]>

---

John, please queue as a bugfix to the current kernel.


Index: wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c       2009-03-22 
19:12:57.000000000 +0100
+++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c    2009-03-22 
19:13:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static int b43_plcp_get_bitrate_idx_cck(
 }
 
 /* Extract the bitrate index out of an OFDM PLCP header. */
-static u8 b43_plcp_get_bitrate_idx_ofdm(struct b43_plcp_hdr6 *plcp, bool aphy)
+static int b43_plcp_get_bitrate_idx_ofdm(struct b43_plcp_hdr6 *plcp, bool aphy)
 {
        int base = aphy ? 0 : 4;
 

-- 
Greetings, Michael.
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