From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761393AbZD2WXa (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:23:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758223AbZD2WVL (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:21:11 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:40224 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753061AbZD2WVK (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:21:10 -0400 X-Mailbox-Line: From gregkh@mini.kroah.org Wed Apr 29 15:09:23 2009 Message-Id: <20090429220923.643128666@mini.kroah.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.48-1 Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:07:05 -0700 From: Greg KH To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org Cc: Justin Forbes , Zwane Mwaikambo , "Theodore Ts'o" , Randy Dunlap , Dave Jones , Chuck Wolber , Chris Wedgwood , Michael Krufky , Chuck Ebbert , Domenico Andreoli , Willy Tarreau , Rodrigo Rubira Branco , Jake Edge , Eugene Teo , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Lorenzo Nava , Michael Buesch , "John W. Linville" , Chris Wright Subject: [patch 06/58] b43: fix b43_plcp_get_bitrate_idx_ofdm return type References: <20090429220659.339950874@mini.kroah.org> Content-Disposition: inline; filename=0019-b43-fix-b43_plcp_get_bitrate_idx_ofdm-return-type.patch In-Reply-To: <20090429221657.GA11765@kroah.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Lorenzo Nava upstream commit: a3c0b87c4f21911fb7185902dd13f0e3cd7f33f7 This patch fixes the return type of b43_plcp_get_bitrate_idx_ofdm. If the plcp contains an error, the function return value is 255 instead of -1, and the packet was not dropped. This causes a warning in __ieee80211_rx function because rate idx is out of range. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Nava Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Chris Wright Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int b43_plcp_get_bitrate_idx_cck( } /* Extract the bitrate index out of an OFDM PLCP header. */ -static u8 b43_plcp_get_bitrate_idx_ofdm(struct b43_plcp_hdr6 *plcp, bool aphy) +static int b43_plcp_get_bitrate_idx_ofdm(struct b43_plcp_hdr6 *plcp, bool aphy) { int base = aphy ? 0 : 4;