[patch 067/108] ath9k: Fix bug when using a card with a busted EEPROM

Greg KH
2009-07-01T01:05:48Z

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2.6.30-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>

backport of commit 85efc86eb7c6cbb1c8ce8d99b10b948be033fbb9 upstream.

We fail if your EEPROM is busted but we were never propagated the
error back so such users could end up with a cryptic oops message
like:

IP: [<f883e1b9>] ath9k_reg_apply_world_flags+0x29/0x130 [ath9k]
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in: ath9k(+) mac80211 cfg80211
Pid: 4284, comm: insmod Not tainted (2.6.29-wl #3) 7660A14
EIP: 0060:[<f883e1b9>] EFLAGS: 00010286 CPU: 1
EIP is at ath9k_reg_apply_world_flags+0x29/0x130 [ath9k]

Fix this by propagating the error and also lets not leave the
user in the dark and communicate what's going on. When this
happens you will now see this:

ath9k 0000:16:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ath9k: Invalid EEPROM contents

Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c | 3 ++-
drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/regd.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1416,7 +1416,8 @@ static int ath_init(u16 devid, struct at
for (i = 0; i < sc->keymax; i++)
ath9k_hw_keyreset(ah, (u16) i);

- if (ath9k_regd_init(sc->sc_ah))
+ error = ath9k_regd_init(sc->sc_ah);
+ if (error)
goto bad;

/* default to MONITOR mode */
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/regd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/regd.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ int ath9k_regd_init(struct ath_hw *ah)
u16 regdmn;

if (!ath9k_regd_is_eeprom_valid(ah)) {
- DPRINTF(ah->ah_sc, ATH_DBG_REGULATORY,
+ DPRINTF(ah->ah_sc, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
"Invalid EEPROM contents\n");
return -EINVAL;
}