[ 65/75] b43: only reload config after successful initialization

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri May 04 2012 - 16:47:48 EST


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

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From: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit dbdedbdf4fbff3d4962a0786f37aa86dfdc48a7e upstream.

Commit 2a19032 (b43: reload phy and bss settings after core restarts)
introduced an unconditional call to b43_op_config() at the end of
b43_op_start(). When firmware fails to load this can wedge the system.
There's no need to reload the configuration after a failed
initialization anyway, so only make the call if initialization was
successful.

BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/950295
Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -4841,8 +4841,14 @@ static int b43_op_start(struct ieee80211
out_mutex_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);

- /* reload configuration */
- b43_op_config(hw, ~0);
+ /*
+ * Configuration may have been overwritten during initialization.
+ * Reload the configuration, but only if initialization was
+ * successful. Reloading the configuration after a failed init
+ * may hang the system.
+ */
+ if (!err)
+ b43_op_config(hw, ~0);

return err;
}


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