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SubjectRe: [ 166/167] [PATCH] staging: r8712u: Fix regression caused by commit 8c213fa
On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 06:53:15AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>
> ------------------
>
> From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
>
> commit 2080913e017ab9f88379d93fd09546ad95faf87b upstream.
>
> In commit 8c213fa "staging: r8712u: Use asynchronous firmware loading",
> the command to release the firmware was placed in the wrong routine.
>
> In combination with the bug introduced in commit a5ee652 "staging: r8712u:
> Interface-state not fully tracked", the driver attempts to upload firmware
> that had already been released. This bug is the source of one of the
> problems in https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/27996#comment89833.
>
> Tested-by: Alberto Lago Ballesteros <saniukeokusainaya@gmail.com>
> Tested-by: Adrian <agib@gmx.de>
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c | 3 ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c | 5 +++++
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
> index 4cf175f..7bbd53a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
> @@ -475,9 +475,6 @@ static int netdev_close(struct net_device *pnetdev)
> r8712_free_assoc_resources(padapter);
> /*s2-4.*/
> r8712_free_network_queue(padapter);
> - release_firmware(padapter->fw);
> - /* never exit with a firmware callback pending */
> - wait_for_completion(&padapter->rtl8712_fw_ready);
> return 0;
> }
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
> index fe0e2ff..e01fe14 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
>
> #include <linux/usb.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/firmware.h>
>
> #include "osdep_service.h"
> #include "drv_types.h"
> @@ -620,6 +621,10 @@ static void r871xu_dev_remove(struct usb_interface *pusb_intf)
> struct _adapter *padapter = netdev_priv(pnetdev);
> struct usb_device *udev = interface_to_usbdev(pusb_intf);
>
> + if (padapter->fw_found)
> + release_firmware(padapter->fw);
> + /* never exit with a firmware callback pending */
> + wait_for_completion(&padapter->rtl8712_fw_ready);

We also need to apply commit ee6aeff71e2f16b9fe95ce908d098c169e0f4004
after this, due to the possible invalid padapter dereference.

> usb_set_intfdata(pusb_intf, NULL);
> if (padapter) {
> if (drvpriv.drv_registered == true)
> --
> 1.7.10
>
>
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