[PATCH] [81/106] ath9k: fix a chip wakeup related crash in ath9k_start

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Tue Apr 26 2011 - 17:22:57 EST


2.6.35-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>

[ upstream commit f62d816fc4324afbb7cf90110c70b6a14139b225 ]

When the chip is still asleep when ath9k_start is called,
ath9k_hw_configpcipowersave can trigger a data bus error.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Index: linux-2.6.35.y/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.35.y.orig/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ linux-2.6.35.y/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1124,6 +1124,8 @@ static int ath9k_start(struct ieee80211_
"Starting driver with initial channel: %d MHz\n",
curchan->center_freq);

+ ath9k_ps_wakeup(sc);
+
mutex_lock(&sc->mutex);

if (ath9k_wiphy_started(sc)) {
@@ -1238,6 +1240,8 @@ static int ath9k_start(struct ieee80211_
mutex_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex);

+ ath9k_ps_restore(sc);
+
return r;
}

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