[34-longterm 029/196] ath9k: fix a chip wakeup related crash in ath9k_start

From: Paul Gortmaker
Date: Mon Mar 12 2012 - 20:21:08 EST


From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
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commit f62d816fc4324afbb7cf90110c70b6a14139b225 upstream.

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: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index 115e1ae..b9585fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1090,6 +1090,8 @@ static int ath9k_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
"Starting driver with initial channel: %d MHz\n",
curchan->center_freq);

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

if (ath9k_wiphy_started(sc)) {
@@ -1199,6 +1201,8 @@ static int ath9k_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
mutex_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex);

+ ath9k_ps_restore(sc);
+
return r;
}

--
1.7.9.3

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