linux-stable.git/drivers/net/wireless, branch v4.12

Merge tag 'wireless-drivers-for-davem-2017-06-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers

2017-06-20T19:41:56+00:00

Kalle Valo says:

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wireless-drivers fixes for 4.12

Two important fixes for brcmfmac. The rest of the brcmfmac patches are
either code preparation and fixing a new build warning.

brcmfmac

* fix a NULL pointer dereference during resume

* fix a NULL pointer dereference with USB devices, a regression from
  v4.12-rc1
====================

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

brcmfmac: fix uninitialized warning in brcmf_usb_probe_phase2()

2017-06-16T08:52:36+00:00

This fixes the following warning:

  drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/usb.c: In function
  'brcmf_usb_probe_phase2':
  drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/usb.c:1198:2:
  warning: 'devinfo' may be used uninitialized in this function
  [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
    mutex_unlock(&devinfo->dev_init_lock);

Fixes: 6d0507a777fb ("brcmfmac: add parameter to pass error code in firmware callback")
Cc: Stephen Rothwell 
Reported-by: Kalle Valo 
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel 
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo

brcmfmac: fix brcmf_fws_add_interface() for USB devices

2017-06-15T16:10:11+00:00

USB devices rely on queuing functionality provided by the fwsignal
module regardless the mode fwsignal is operating in. For this some
data structure needs to be reserved which is tied to the interface,
which is done by brcmf_fws_add_interface(). However, it checks the
mode. Replace that by checking result from brcmf_fws_queue_skbs().
Otherwise the driver will crash in a null pointer dereference when
data is transmitted on the interface.

Fixes: fc0471e3e884 ("brcmfmac: ignore interfaces when fwsignal is disabled")
Reviewed-by: Franky Lin 
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel 
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo

brcmfmac: unbind all devices upon failure in firmware callback

2017-06-15T16:06:53+00:00

When request firmware fails, brcmf_ops_sdio_remove is being called and
brcmf_bus freed. In such circumstancies if you do a suspend/resume cycle
the kernel hangs on resume due a NULL pointer dereference in resume
function. So in brcmf_sdio_firmware_callback() we need to unbind the
driver from both sdio_func devices when firmware load failure is indicated.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.9.x-
Tested-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra 
Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman 
Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts 
Reviewed-by: Franky Lin 
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel 
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo

brcmfmac: use firmware callback upon failure to load

2017-06-15T16:06:11+00:00

When firmware loading failed the code used to unbind the device provided
by the calling code. However, for the sdio driver two devices are bound
and both need to be released upon failure. The callback has been extended
with parameter to pass error code so add that in this commit upon firmware
loading failure.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.9.x-
Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman 
Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts 
Reviewed-by: Franky Lin 
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel 
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo

brcmfmac: add parameter to pass error code in firmware callback

2017-06-15T16:06:00+00:00

Extend the parameters in the firmware callback so it can be called
upon success and failure. This allows the caller to properly clear
all resources in the failure path. Right now the error code is
always zero, ie. success.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.9.x-
Reviewed-by: Hante Meuleman 
Reviewed-by: Pieter-Paul Giesberts 
Reviewed-by: Franky Lin 
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel 
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo

net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state.

2017-06-07T19:53:24+00:00

Network devices can allocate reasources and private memory using
netdev_ops->ndo_init().  However, the release of these resources
can occur in one of two different places.

Either netdev_ops->ndo_uninit() or netdev->destructor().

The decision of which operation frees the resources depends upon
whether it is necessary for all netdev refs to be released before it
is safe to perform the freeing.

netdev_ops->ndo_uninit() presumably can occur right after the
NETDEV_UNREGISTER notifier completes and the unicast and multicast
address lists are flushed.

netdev->destructor(), on the other hand, does not run until the
netdev references all go away.

Further complicating the situation is that netdev->destructor()
almost universally does also a free_netdev().

This creates a problem for the logic in register_netdevice().
Because all callers of register_netdevice() manage the freeing
of the netdev, and invoke free_netdev(dev) if register_netdevice()
fails.

If netdev_ops->ndo_init() succeeds, but something else fails inside
of register_netdevice(), it does call ndo_ops->ndo_uninit().  But
it is not able to invoke netdev->destructor().

This is because netdev->destructor() will do a free_netdev() and
then the caller of register_netdevice() will do the same.

However, this means that the resources that would normally be released
by netdev->destructor() will not be.

Over the years drivers have added local hacks to deal with this, by
invoking their destructor parts by hand when register_netdevice()
fails.

Many drivers do not try to deal with this, and instead we have leaks.

Let's close this hole by formalizing the distinction between what
private things need to be freed up by netdev->destructor() and whether
the driver needs unregister_netdevice() to perform the free_netdev().

netdev->priv_destructor() performs all actions to free up the private
resources that used to be freed by netdev->destructor(), except for
free_netdev().

netdev->needs_free_netdev is a boolean that indicates whether
free_netdev() should be done at the end of unregister_netdevice().

Now, register_netdevice() can sanely release all resources after
ndo_ops->ndo_init() succeeds, by invoking both ndo_ops->ndo_uninit()
and netdev->priv_destructor().

And at the end of unregister_netdevice(), we invoke
netdev->priv_destructor() and optionally call free_netdev().

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Merge tag 'iwlwifi-for-kalle-2017-06-05' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/iwlwifi-fixes

2017-06-05T19:21:25+00:00

Fixes for 4.12:

* Some memory leaks;
* IBSS support;
* Some bugzilla bugs;
* Some runtime PM fixes;
* Rate-scaling issues;
* Some locking problems;

iwlwifi: fix host command memory leaks

2017-06-05T18:47:10+00:00

Sending host command with CMD_WANT_SKB flag demands the release of the
response buffer with iwl_free_resp function.
The patch adds the memory release in all the relevant places

Signed-off-by: Shahar S Matityahu 
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho

iwlwifi: fix min API version for 7265D, 3168, 8000 and 8265

2017-06-05T18:47:10+00:00

In a previous commit, we removed support for API versions earlier than
22 for these NICs.  By mistake, the *_UCODE_API_MIN definitions were
set to 17.  Fix that.

Fixes: 4b87e5af638b ("iwlwifi: remove support for fw older than -17 and -22")
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho