Re: [PATCH] Re: Problem with Kernel Oops in ipw2200

["John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:48:19AM +0100, Frank Seidel wrote:
> From: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
> 
> Fixes Oops in ipw2200:ipw_tx_skb when pinging through
> a WPA enterprise connection.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
> Tested-by: Frank Seidel <fseidel@suse.de>
> Signed-off-by: Ffrank Seidel <fseidel@suse.de>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c |    5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
> @@ -10190,6 +10190,11 @@ static int ipw_tx_skb(struct ipw_priv *p
>  	u16 remaining_bytes;
>  	int fc;
>  
> +	if (!(priv->status & STATUS_ASSOCIATED)) {
> +		IPW_DEBUG_TX("Tx attempt while not associated.\n");
> +		goto drop;
> +	}
> +
>  	hdr_len = ieee80211_get_hdrlen(le16_to_cpu(hdr->frame_ctl));
>  	switch (priv->ieee->iw_mode) {
>  	case IW_MODE_ADHOC:
> 

Well, I'm sorry to be a PITA...but the changelog doesn't really
explain how the patch works or what it is doing.  Also, this still
seems to me more like a band-aid than a real fix...?

John
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