b43: do not call ieee80211_unregister_hw if we are not registred
this patch fixes kernel Oops on "rmmod b43" if firmware was not loaded:
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000088
IP: [<ffffffff8104e988>] drain_workqueue+0x25/0x142
PGD 153ac6067 PUD 153b82067 PMD 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <bug-track@fisher-privat.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
index 5a39b22..acd03a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -2437,6 +2437,7 @@
err = ieee80211_register_hw(wl->hw);
if (err)
goto err_one_core_detach;
+ wl->hw_registred = true;
b43_leds_register(wl->current_dev);
goto out;
@@ -5299,6 +5300,7 @@
hw->queues = modparam_qos ? B43_QOS_QUEUE_NUM : 1;
wl->mac80211_initially_registered_queues = hw->queues;
+ wl->hw_registred = false;
hw->max_rates = 2;
SET_IEEE80211_DEV(hw, dev->dev);
if (is_valid_ether_addr(sprom->et1mac))
@@ -5370,12 +5372,15 @@
* as the ieee80211 unreg will destroy the workqueue. */
cancel_work_sync(&wldev->restart_work);
- /* Restore the queues count before unregistering, because firmware detect
- * might have modified it. Restoring is important, so the networking
- * stack can properly free resources. */
- wl->hw->queues = wl->mac80211_initially_registered_queues;
- b43_leds_stop(wldev);
- ieee80211_unregister_hw(wl->hw);
+ B43_WARN_ON(!wl);
+ if (wl->current_dev == wldev && wl->hw_registred) {
+ /* Restore the queues count before unregistering, because firmware detect
+ * might have modified it. Restoring is important, so the networking
+ * stack can properly free resources. */
+ wl->hw->queues = wl->mac80211_initially_registered_queues;
+ b43_leds_stop(wldev);
+ ieee80211_unregister_hw(wl->hw);
+ }
b43_one_core_detach(wldev->dev);
@@ -5446,7 +5451,7 @@
cancel_work_sync(&wldev->restart_work);
B43_WARN_ON(!wl);
- if (wl->current_dev == wldev) {
+ if (wl->current_dev == wldev && wl->hw_registred) {
/* Restore the queues count before unregistering, because firmware detect
* might have modified it. Restoring is important, so the networking
* stack can properly free resources. */