[PATCH 69/97] b43: avoid PPC fault during resume

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Jan 04 2010 - 19:43:16 EST


From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit c2ff581acab16c6af56d9e8c1a579bf041ec00b1 upstream.

The routine b43_is_hw_radio_enabled() has long been a problem.
For PPC architecture with PHY Revision < 3, a read of the register
B43_MMIO_HWENABLED_LO will cause a CPU fault unless b43_status()
returns a value of 2 (B43_STAT_STARTED) (BUG 14181). Fixing that
results in Bug 14538 in which the driver is unable to reassociate
after resuming from hibernation because b43_status() returns 0.

The correct fix would be to determine why the status is 0; however,
I have not yet found why that happens. The correct value is found for
my device, which has PHY revision >= 3.

Returning TRUE when the PHY revision < 3 and b43_status() returns 0 fixes
the regression for 2.6.32.

This patch fixes the problem in Red Hat Bugzilla #538523.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Christian Casteyde <casteyde.christian@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/b43/rfkill.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/rfkill.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/rfkill.c
index ffdce6f..78016ae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/rfkill.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/rfkill.c
@@ -33,8 +33,14 @@ bool b43_is_hw_radio_enabled(struct b43_wldev *dev)
& B43_MMIO_RADIO_HWENABLED_HI_MASK))
return 1;
} else {
- if (b43_status(dev) >= B43_STAT_STARTED &&
- b43_read16(dev, B43_MMIO_RADIO_HWENABLED_LO)
+ /* To prevent CPU fault on PPC, do not read a register
+ * unless the interface is started; however, on resume
+ * for hibernation, this routine is entered early. When
+ * that happens, unconditionally return TRUE.
+ */
+ if (b43_status(dev) < B43_STAT_STARTED)
+ return 1;
+ if (b43_read16(dev, B43_MMIO_RADIO_HWENABLED_LO)
& B43_MMIO_RADIO_HWENABLED_LO_MASK)
return 1;
}
--
1.6.6

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