Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: re-order module_init order to prevent NULL ptrderef

From: Johannes Berg
Date: Tue Jun 12 2012 - 15:17:29 EST


On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 21:13 +0200, Sasha Levin wrote:
> We need to make sure iwl_drv_init is called before iwl_init, since otherwise
> iwl_init will NULL ptr deref when trying to add a new mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/Makefile | 4 ++--
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/Makefile
> index 98c8f64..16e39a4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/Makefile
> @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
> -obj-$(CONFIG_IWLDVM) += dvm/
> -

Thanks! I already have a patch like this in my tree, will send a pull
request soon:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/iwlwifi-next.git;a=commit;h=4b75b1e49568dd6a30a1dddc47408cc6fde55608

johannes

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