linux-stable.git/drivers/net/wireless, branch v3.18.2 Linux kernel stable tree brcmfmac: Fix bitmap malloc bug in msgbuf. 2015-01-08T18:30:15+00:00 Hante Meuleman meuleman@broadcom.com 2014-12-03T20:05:27+00:00 0fb5df0d6a4ee019eb712d3ee690a03f4502d47e commit 333c2aa029b847051a2db76a6ca59f699a520030 upstream. Reviewed-by: Arend Van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 333c2aa029b847051a2db76a6ca59f699a520030 upstream.

Reviewed-by: Arend Van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
rtlwifi: rtl8192ce: Fix missing interrupt ready flag 2014-12-16T17:39:06+00:00 Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net 2014-11-28T16:41:16+00:00 3fd3a624339756dd3872fb2cf828a0030b72eae5 commit 87141db0848aa20c43d453f5545efc8f390d4372 upstream. Proper operation with the rewritten PCI mini driver requires that a flag be set when interrupts are enabled. This flag was missed. This patch is one of three needed to fix the kernel regression reported at https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88951. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Reported-by: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com> Tested-by: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com> Cc: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 87141db0848aa20c43d453f5545efc8f390d4372 upstream.

Proper operation with the rewritten PCI mini driver requires that a flag be set
when interrupts are enabled. This flag was missed.  This patch is one of three needed to
fix the kernel regression reported at https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88951.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Reported-by: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com>
Cc: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
rtlwifi: rtl8192ce: Fix kernel crashes due to missing callback entry 2014-12-16T17:39:06+00:00 Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net 2014-11-28T16:41:15+00:00 9cd1d3eb2653603b924d33129469697d4a55d179 commit f892914c03131a445b926b82815b03162c19288e upstream. In the major update of the rtlwifi-family of drivers, one of the callback entries was missed, which leads to memory corruption. Unfortunately, this corruption never caused a kernel oops, but showed up in other parts of the system. This patch is one of three needed to fix the kernel regression reported at https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88951. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Reported-by: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com> Tested-by: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com> Cc: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit f892914c03131a445b926b82815b03162c19288e upstream.

In the major update of the rtlwifi-family of drivers, one of the callback entries
was missed, which leads to memory corruption. Unfortunately, this corruption
never caused a kernel oops, but showed up in other parts of the system.
This patch is one of three needed to fix the kernel regression reported at
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88951.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Reported-by: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com>
Cc: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
rtlwifi: rtl8192ce: Fix editing error that causes silent memory corruption 2014-12-16T17:39:06+00:00 Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net 2014-11-28T16:41:14+00:00 9297b375ecef1103bf8c1f4ce157b24cf2df013a commit 99a82f734aa6c6d397e029e6dfa933f04e0fa8c8 upstream. In the major update of the rtlwifi-family of drivers, there was an editing mistake. Unfortunately, this particular error leads to memory corruption that silently leads to failure of the system. This patch is one of three needed to fix the kernel regression reported at https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88951. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Reported-by: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com> Tested-by: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com> Cc: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 99a82f734aa6c6d397e029e6dfa933f04e0fa8c8 upstream.

In the major update of the rtlwifi-family of drivers, there was an editing
mistake. Unfortunately, this particular error leads to memory corruption that
silently leads to failure of the system. This patch is one of three needed to
fix the kernel regression reported at https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88951.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Reported-by: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com>
Cc: Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
rtlwifi: Change order in device startup 2014-11-25T19:22:22+00:00 Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net 2014-11-25T16:32:07+00:00 7d63a5f9b25ba6b130da8eb2d32a72b1462d0249 The existing order of steps when starting the PCI devices works for 2.4G devices, but fails to initialize the 5G section of the RTL8821AE hardware. This patch is needed to fix the regression reported in Bug #88811 (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88811). Reported-by: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@unicam.it> Tested-by: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@unicam.it> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@unicam.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
The existing order of steps when starting the PCI devices works for
2.4G devices, but fails to initialize the 5G section of the RTL8821AE
hardware.

This patch is needed to fix the regression reported in Bug #88811
(https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88811).

Reported-by: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@unicam.it>
Tested-by: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@unicam.it>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@unicam.it>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Fix 5G detection problem 2014-11-25T19:22:21+00:00 Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net 2014-11-25T16:32:06+00:00 a91ed1901a80b401afa1b718d941d3450d868151 The changes associated with moving this driver from staging to the regular tree missed one section setting the allowable rates for the 5GHz band. This patch is needed to fix the regression reported in Bug #88811 (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88811). Reported-by: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@unicam.it> Tested-by: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@unicam.it> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@unicam.it> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
The changes associated with moving this driver from staging to the regular
tree missed one section setting the allowable rates for the 5GHz band.

This patch is needed to fix the regression reported in Bug #88811
(https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88811).

Reported-by: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@unicam.it>
Tested-by: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@unicam.it>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Valerio Passini <valerio.passini@unicam.it>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Merge tag 'iwlwifi-for-john-2014-11-23' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/iwlwifi-fixes 2014-11-24T18:53:41+00:00 John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com 2014-11-24T18:53:41+00:00 90d8879d5dcae2e4c80f31fa9ac3c75732859bcd Emmanuel Grumbach <egrumbach@gmail.com> says: "Not all the firmware know how to handle the HOT_SPOT_CMD. Make sure that the firmware will know this command before sending it. This avoids a firmware crash." Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
Emmanuel Grumbach <egrumbach@gmail.com> says:

"Not all the firmware know how to handle the HOT_SPOT_CMD.
Make sure that the firmware will know this command before
sending it. This avoids a firmware crash."

Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
iwlwifi: mvm: check TLV flag before trying to use hotspot firmware commands 2014-11-23T19:50:57+00:00 Luciano Coelho luciano.coelho@intel.com 2014-10-21T13:12:18+00:00 5ac6c72e594471acfa5b00210c51d533a73413ad Older firmwares do not provide support for the HOT_SPOT_CMD command. Check for the appropriate TLV flag that declares hotspot support in the firmware to prevent a firmware assertion failure that can be triggered from the userspace, Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org [3.17+] Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> 
Older firmwares do not provide support for the HOT_SPOT_CMD command.
Check for the appropriate TLV flag that declares hotspot support in
the firmware to prevent a firmware assertion failure that can be
triggered from the userspace,

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org [3.17+]
Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
brcmfmac: don't include linux/unaligned/access_ok.h 2014-11-20T19:46:45+00:00 Johannes Berg johannes.berg@intel.com 2014-11-19T21:13:10+00:00 a1d69c60c44134f64945bbf6a6dfda22eaf4a214 This is a specific implementation, <asm/unaligned.h> is the multiplexer that has the arch-specific knowledge of which of the implementations needs to be used, so include that. This issue was revealed by kbuild testing when <asm/unaligned.h> was added in <linux/ieee80211.h> resulting in redefinition of get_unaligned_be16 (and probably others). Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.17 Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
This is a specific implementation, <asm/unaligned.h> is the
multiplexer that has the arch-specific knowledge of which
of the implementations needs to be used, so include that.

This issue was revealed by kbuild testing
when <asm/unaligned.h> was added in <linux/ieee80211.h>
resulting in redefinition of get_unaligned_be16 (and
probably others).

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.17
Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
brcmfmac: fix error handling of irq_of_parse_and_map 2014-11-17T20:04:04+00:00 Dmitry Torokhov dtor@chromium.org 2014-11-14T22:12:21+00:00 4c69f05eaa428e37890daf88b86a567ce615570b Return value of irq_of_parse_and_map() is unsigned int, with 0 indicating failure, so testing for negative result never works. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@chromium.org> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.17 Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 
Return value of irq_of_parse_and_map() is unsigned int, with 0
indicating failure, so testing for negative result never works.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@chromium.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.17
Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>