[PATCH] bcm43xx: Workaround init_board vs IRQ race.
The proper fix for this is to move IRQ enabling to the end of
init_board. But this is nontrivial and needs to be done with care.
Stay with this cheap workaround for now.
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mbuesch@freenet.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
index 6195c2a..57306a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c
@@ -2079,12 +2079,19 @@
bcm43xx_interrupt_ack(bcm, reason, mask);
- /* disable all IRQs. They are enabled again in the bottom half. */
- bcm->irq_savedstate = bcm43xx_interrupt_disable(bcm, BCM43xx_IRQ_ALL);
-
- /* save the reason code and call our bottom half. */
- bcm->irq_reason = reason;
- tasklet_schedule(&bcm->isr_tasklet);
+ /* Only accept IRQs, if we are initialized properly.
+ * This avoids an RX race while initializing.
+ * We should probably not enable IRQs before we are initialized
+ * completely, but some careful work is needed to fix this. I think it
+ * is best to stay with this cheap workaround for now... .
+ */
+ if (likely(bcm->initialized)) {
+ /* disable all IRQs. They are enabled again in the bottom half. */
+ bcm->irq_savedstate = bcm43xx_interrupt_disable(bcm, BCM43xx_IRQ_ALL);
+ /* save the reason code and call our bottom half. */
+ bcm->irq_reason = reason;
+ tasklet_schedule(&bcm->isr_tasklet);
+ }
spin_unlock(&bcm->lock);