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authorMichael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>2008-05-22 17:06:36 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2008-06-04 15:57:09 -0400
commit48e6c51bd326ce9faf07fbdf84d361c9755b7035 (patch)
tree7c578fc9984a197dd8f8a95fe5adbe4cb558fba9 /drivers
parent7dccf1f4e1696c79bff064c3770867cc53cbc71c (diff)
downloadlinux-48e6c51bd326ce9faf07fbdf84d361c9755b7035.tar.gz
b43legacy: Fix controller restart crash
This fixes a kernel crash on rmmod, in the case where the controller
was restarted before doing the rmmod.

Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/main.c17
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/main.c
index 14a5eea2573e..204077c13870 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/main.c
@@ -3039,7 +3039,6 @@ static void b43legacy_set_pretbtt(struct b43legacy_wldev *dev)
 /* Locking: wl->mutex */
 static void b43legacy_wireless_core_exit(struct b43legacy_wldev *dev)
 {
-	struct b43legacy_wl *wl = dev->wl;
 	struct b43legacy_phy *phy = &dev->phy;
 	u32 macctl;
 
@@ -3054,12 +3053,6 @@ static void b43legacy_wireless_core_exit(struct b43legacy_wldev *dev)
 	macctl |= B43legacy_MACCTL_PSM_JMP0;
 	b43legacy_write32(dev, B43legacy_MMIO_MACCTL, macctl);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
-	/* Must unlock as it would otherwise deadlock. No races here.
-	 * Cancel possibly pending workqueues. */
-	cancel_work_sync(&dev->restart_work);
-	mutex_lock(&wl->mutex);
-
 	b43legacy_leds_exit(dev);
 	b43legacy_rng_exit(dev->wl);
 	b43legacy_pio_free(dev);
@@ -3486,6 +3479,8 @@ static void b43legacy_chip_reset(struct work_struct *work)
 		}
 	}
 out:
+	if (err)
+		wl->current_dev = NULL; /* Failed to init the dev. */
 	mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
 	if (err)
 		b43legacyerr(wl, "Controller restart FAILED\n");
@@ -3618,9 +3613,11 @@ static void b43legacy_one_core_detach(struct ssb_device *dev)
 	struct b43legacy_wldev *wldev;
 	struct b43legacy_wl *wl;
 
+	/* Do not cancel ieee80211-workqueue based work here.
+	 * See comment in b43legacy_remove(). */
+
 	wldev = ssb_get_drvdata(dev);
 	wl = wldev->wl;
-	cancel_work_sync(&wldev->restart_work);
 	b43legacy_debugfs_remove_device(wldev);
 	b43legacy_wireless_core_detach(wldev);
 	list_del(&wldev->list);
@@ -3789,6 +3786,10 @@ static void b43legacy_remove(struct ssb_device *dev)
 	struct b43legacy_wl *wl = ssb_get_devtypedata(dev);
 	struct b43legacy_wldev *wldev = ssb_get_drvdata(dev);
 
+	/* We must cancel any work here before unregistering from ieee80211,
+	 * as the ieee80211 unreg will destroy the workqueue. */
+	cancel_work_sync(&wldev->restart_work);
+
 	B43legacy_WARN_ON(!wl);
 	if (wl->current_dev == wldev)
 		ieee80211_unregister_hw(wl->hw);