The patch below does not apply to the 3.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.
thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From f89ff6441df06abc2d95f3ef67525923032d6283 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Larry Finger <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:57:16 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] b43: Fix oops on unload when firmware not found When b43 fails to find firmware when loaded, a subsequent unload will oops due to calling ieee80211_unregister_hw() when the corresponding register call was never made. Commit 2d838bb608e2d1f6cb4280e76748cb812dc822e7 fixed the same problem for b43legacy. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <[email protected]> Tested-by: Markus Kanet <[email protected]> Cc: Stable <[email protected]> [V3.3.0+ (the patch will need to be refactored)] Cc: Markus Kanet <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[email protected]> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c index 73730e9..c5a99c8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c @@ -5404,6 +5404,8 @@ static void b43_bcma_remove(struct bcma_device *core) cancel_work_sync(&wldev->restart_work); B43_WARN_ON(!wl); + if (!wldev->fw.ucode.data) + return; /* NULL if firmware never loaded */ if (wl->current_dev == wldev && wl->hw_registred) { b43_leds_stop(wldev); ieee80211_unregister_hw(wl->hw); @@ -5478,6 +5480,8 @@ static void b43_ssb_remove(struct ssb_device *sdev) cancel_work_sync(&wldev->restart_work); B43_WARN_ON(!wl); + if (!wldev->fw.ucode.data) + return; /* NULL if firmware never loaded */ if (wl->current_dev == wldev && wl->hw_registred) { b43_leds_stop(wldev); ieee80211_unregister_hw(wl->hw); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
