linux-stable.git/drivers/net/wireless, branch linux-2.6.33.y Linux kernel stable tree rtl2800usb: Fix incorrect storage of MAC address on big-endian platforms 2011-11-07T21:46:56+00:00 Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net 2011-09-14T21:50:23+00:00 7ef8233896140a1f27380166850d8c8a0fb663cc commit daabead1c32f331edcfb255fd973411c667977e8 upstream. The eeprom data is stored in little-endian order in the rt2x00 library. As it was converted to cpu order in the read routines, the data need to be converted to LE on a big-endian platform. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit daabead1c32f331edcfb255fd973411c667977e8 upstream.

The eeprom data is stored in little-endian order in the rt2x00 library.
As it was converted to cpu order in the read routines, the data need to
be converted to LE on a big-endian platform.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
b43: Fix beacon problem in ad-hoc mode 2011-11-07T21:46:55+00:00 Manual Munz freifunk@somakoma.de 2011-09-18T23:24:03+00:00 3faf2401d65cd0a08eb9cb13b00ba957af022625 commit 8c23516fbb209ccf8f8c36268311c721faff29ee upstream. In ad-hoc mode, driver b43 does not issue beacons. Signed-off-by: Manual Munz <freifunk@somakoma.de> Tested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit 8c23516fbb209ccf8f8c36268311c721faff29ee upstream.

In ad-hoc mode, driver b43 does not issue beacons.

Signed-off-by: Manual Munz <freifunk@somakoma.de>
Tested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
rt2x00: do not drop usb dev reference counter on suspend 2011-11-07T21:46:40+00:00 Stanislaw Gruszka sgruszka@redhat.com 2011-08-12T12:02:04+00:00 5b116737552aa20f4763edd80d013115d728026e commit 543cc38c8fe86deba4169977c61eb88491036837 upstream. When hibernating ->resume may not be called by usb core, but disconnect and probe instead, so we do not increase the counter after decreasing it in ->supend. As a result we free memory early, and get crash when unplugging usb dongle. BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 6b6b6b9f IP: [<c06909b0>] driver_sysfs_remove+0x10/0x30 *pdpt = 0000000034f21001 *pde = 0000000000000000 Pid: 20, comm: khubd Not tainted 3.1.0-rc1-wl+ #20 LENOVO 6369CTO/6369CTO EIP: 0060:[<c06909b0>] EFLAGS: 00010202 CPU: 1 EIP is at driver_sysfs_remove+0x10/0x30 EAX: 6b6b6b6b EBX: f52bba34 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 6b6b6b6b ESI: 6b6b6b6b EDI: c0a0ea20 EBP: f61c9e68 ESP: f61c9e64 DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 Process khubd (pid: 20, ti=f61c8000 task=f6138270 task.ti=f61c8000) Call Trace: [<c06909ef>] __device_release_driver+0x1f/0xa0 [<c0690b20>] device_release_driver+0x20/0x40 [<c068fd64>] bus_remove_device+0x84/0xe0 [<c068e12a>] ? device_remove_attrs+0x2a/0x80 [<c068e267>] device_del+0xe7/0x170 [<c06d93d4>] usb_disconnect+0xd4/0x180 [<c06d9d61>] hub_thread+0x691/0x1600 [<c0473260>] ? wake_up_bit+0x30/0x30 [<c0442a39>] ? complete+0x49/0x60 [<c06d96d0>] ? hub_disconnect+0xd0/0xd0 [<c06d96d0>] ? hub_disconnect+0xd0/0xd0 [<c0472eb4>] kthread+0x74/0x80 [<c0472e40>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x150/0x150 [<c0809b3e>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10 Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit 543cc38c8fe86deba4169977c61eb88491036837 upstream.

When hibernating ->resume may not be called by usb core, but disconnect
and probe instead, so we do not increase the counter after decreasing
it in ->supend. As a result we free memory early, and get crash when
unplugging usb dongle.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 6b6b6b9f
IP: [<c06909b0>] driver_sysfs_remove+0x10/0x30
*pdpt = 0000000034f21001 *pde = 0000000000000000
Pid: 20, comm: khubd Not tainted 3.1.0-rc1-wl+ #20 LENOVO 6369CTO/6369CTO
EIP: 0060:[<c06909b0>] EFLAGS: 00010202 CPU: 1
EIP is at driver_sysfs_remove+0x10/0x30
EAX: 6b6b6b6b EBX: f52bba34 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 6b6b6b6b
ESI: 6b6b6b6b EDI: c0a0ea20 EBP: f61c9e68 ESP: f61c9e64
 DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068
Process khubd (pid: 20, ti=f61c8000 task=f6138270 task.ti=f61c8000)
Call Trace:
 [<c06909ef>] __device_release_driver+0x1f/0xa0
 [<c0690b20>] device_release_driver+0x20/0x40
 [<c068fd64>] bus_remove_device+0x84/0xe0
 [<c068e12a>] ? device_remove_attrs+0x2a/0x80
 [<c068e267>] device_del+0xe7/0x170
 [<c06d93d4>] usb_disconnect+0xd4/0x180
 [<c06d9d61>] hub_thread+0x691/0x1600
 [<c0473260>] ? wake_up_bit+0x30/0x30
 [<c0442a39>] ? complete+0x49/0x60
 [<c06d96d0>] ? hub_disconnect+0xd0/0xd0
 [<c06d96d0>] ? hub_disconnect+0xd0/0xd0
 [<c0472eb4>] kthread+0x74/0x80
 [<c0472e40>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x150/0x150
 [<c0809b3e>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
ath5k: fix memory leak when fewer than N_PD_CURVES are in use 2011-07-13T03:31:24+00:00 Eugene A. Shatokhin dame_eugene@mail.ru 2011-06-29T03:04:51+00:00 44252341f94309e76aeba0b7c805fb46b2d72fdc commit a0b8de350be458b33248e48b2174d9af8a4c4798 upstream. We would free the proper number of curves, but in the wrong slots, due to a missing level of indirection through the pdgain_idx table. It's simpler just to try to free all four slots, so do that. Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit a0b8de350be458b33248e48b2174d9af8a4c4798 upstream.

We would free the proper number of curves, but in the wrong
slots, due to a missing level of indirection through
the pdgain_idx table.

It's simpler just to try to free all four slots, so do that.

Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Revert "iwlagn: Support new 5000 microcode." 2011-06-23T22:28:42+00:00 Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@suse.de 2011-06-15T20:12:35+00:00 cb50a74e1f0ae999326540c93c735544b77cdf23 This reverts commit 6f63415fc1b690cb50c2ad48ba6e9e6e88e271b4. It turns out this is not what we want to have happen for the .32 and .33-longterm kernels as it does not work properly at all. This was reported by Gentoo, Arch, and Canonical developers as causing problems for their users: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/24302 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359445 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/796336 Cc: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski@canonical.com> Cc: Gordon Malm <gengor@gentoo.org> Cc: Don Fry <donald.h.fry@intel.com> Cc: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
This reverts commit 6f63415fc1b690cb50c2ad48ba6e9e6e88e271b4.

It turns out this is not what we want to have happen for the .32 and
.33-longterm kernels as it does not work properly at all.

This was reported by Gentoo, Arch, and Canonical developers as causing
problems for their users:
	https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/24302
	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359445
	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/796336

Cc: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski@canonical.com>
Cc: Gordon Malm <gengor@gentoo.org>
Cc: Don Fry <donald.h.fry@intel.com>
Cc: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
ath9k: set 40 Mhz rate only if hw is configured in ht40 2011-06-23T22:28:39+00:00 Rajkumar Manoharan rmanoharan@atheros.com 2011-05-20T12:22:14+00:00 1a32d86b9e73db139ecda70c98c28d840fd04211 commit 41e2b05b9598d6bdf91fc20280bfc538d853f769 upstream. Whenever there is a channel width change from 40 Mhz to 20 Mhz, the hardware is reconfigured to ht20. Meantime before doing the rate control updation, the packets are being transmitted are selected rate with IEEE80211_TX_RC_40_MHZ_WIDTH. While transmitting ht40 rate packets in ht20 mode is causing baseband panic with AR9003 based chips. ==== BB update: BB status=0x02001109 ==== ath: ** BB state: wd=1 det=1 rdar=0 rOFDM=1 rCCK=1 tOFDM=0 tCCK=0 agc=2 src=0 ** ath: ** BB WD cntl: cntl1=0xffff0085 cntl2=0x00000004 ** ath: ** BB mode: BB_gen_controls=0x000033c0 ** ath: ** BB busy times: rx_clear=99%, rx_frame=0%, tx_frame=0% ** ath: ==== BB update: done ==== Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanoharan@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit 41e2b05b9598d6bdf91fc20280bfc538d853f769 upstream.

Whenever there is a channel width change from 40 Mhz to 20 Mhz,
the hardware is reconfigured to ht20. Meantime before doing
the rate control updation, the packets are being transmitted are
selected rate with IEEE80211_TX_RC_40_MHZ_WIDTH.

While transmitting ht40 rate packets in ht20 mode is causing
baseband panic with AR9003 based chips.

==== BB update: BB status=0x02001109 ====
ath: ** BB state: wd=1 det=1 rdar=0 rOFDM=1 rCCK=1 tOFDM=0 tCCK=0 agc=2
src=0 **
ath: ** BB WD cntl: cntl1=0xffff0085 cntl2=0x00000004 **
ath: ** BB mode: BB_gen_controls=0x000033c0 **
ath: ** BB busy times: rx_clear=99%, rx_frame=0%, tx_frame=0% **
ath: ==== BB update: done ====

Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanoharan@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
p54usb: add zoom 4410 usbid 2011-06-23T22:28:37+00:00 Christian Lamparter chunkeey@googlemail.com 2011-05-13T19:47:23+00:00 7f93eb0f04805f5de96fce7a71901d1c32ca7c2b commit 9368a9a2378ab721f82f59430a135b4ce4ff5109 upstream. Reported-by: Mark Davis <marked86@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit 9368a9a2378ab721f82f59430a135b4ce4ff5109 upstream.

Reported-by: Mark Davis <marked86@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
libertas: fix cmdpendingq locking 2011-05-23T18:22:59+00:00 Paul Fox pgf@laptop.org 2011-05-09T09:40:42+00:00 2b27c06fdd5727e0c2f319551ae1dd7c1e3450fc commit 2ae1b8b35faba31a59b153cbad07f9c15de99740 upstream. We occasionally see list corruption using libertas. While we haven't been able to diagnose this precisely, we have spotted a possible cause: cmdpendingq is generally modified with driver_lock held. However, there are a couple of points where this is not the case. Fix up those operations to execute under the lock, it seems like the correct thing to do and will hopefully improve the situation. Signed-off-by: Paul Fox <pgf@laptop.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org> Acked-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit 2ae1b8b35faba31a59b153cbad07f9c15de99740 upstream.

We occasionally see list corruption using libertas.

While we haven't been able to diagnose this precisely, we have spotted
a possible cause: cmdpendingq is generally modified with driver_lock
held. However, there are a couple of points where this is not the case.

Fix up those operations to execute under the lock, it seems like
the correct thing to do and will hopefully improve the situation.

Signed-off-by: Paul Fox <pgf@laptop.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org>
Acked-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
iwlwifi: fix skb usage after free 2011-05-09T23:04:46+00:00 Stanislaw Gruszka sgruszka@redhat.com 2011-04-20T13:57:14+00:00 a482cd7db9a4067c9bcfcaf832e9bffcf27e3def commit b25026981aecde3685dd0e45ad980fff9f528daa upstream. Since commit a120e912eb51e347f36c71b60a1d13af74d30e83 Author: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Date: Fri Feb 19 15:47:33 2010 -0800 iwlwifi: sanity check before counting number of tfds can be free we use skb->data after calling ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe(), which could free skb instantly. On current kernels I do not observe practical problems related with bug, but on 2.6.35.y it cause random system hangs when stressing wireless link. Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Acked-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit b25026981aecde3685dd0e45ad980fff9f528daa upstream.

Since

commit a120e912eb51e347f36c71b60a1d13af74d30e83
Author: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 19 15:47:33 2010 -0800

    iwlwifi: sanity check before counting number of tfds can be free

we use skb->data after calling ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe(), which
could free skb instantly.

On current kernels I do not observe practical problems related with
bug, but on 2.6.35.y it cause random system hangs when stressing
wireless link.

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
iwlagn: Support new 5000 microcode. 2011-05-09T23:04:38+00:00 Fry, Donald H donald.h.fry@intel.com 2011-02-16T19:49:34+00:00 c2c53e1b41a71f11b91e0c89b39a28356f5a0b4c commit 41504cce240f791f1e16561db95728c5537fbad9 upstream. New iwlwifi-5000 microcode requires driver support for API version 5. Signed-off-by: Don Fry <donald.h.fry@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit 41504cce240f791f1e16561db95728c5537fbad9 upstream.

New iwlwifi-5000 microcode requires driver support for API version 5.

Signed-off-by: Don Fry <donald.h.fry@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>