wl1271: Check vif for NULL when indicating beacon-loss
authorJuuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:41:09 +0000 (15:41 +0200)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:31:36 +0000 (16:31 -0500)
Because the interface is started and the vif are created and destroyed
separately, there is a slim possibility beacon-loss indications occur while
there is no vif - causing a kernel-oops unless checked.

Add checking for the vif.

Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com>
Reviewed-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_event.c

index 6ff535d5c7ee9d6094bb4ad850d0c1954c6f61b4..0a145afc990592a20b5a1b976fb72616a0f9bdc4 100644 (file)
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static int wl1271_event_process(struct wl1271 *wl, struct event_mailbox *mbox)
                        return ret;
        }
 
-       if (beacon_loss) {
+       if (wl->vif && beacon_loss) {
                /* Obviously, it's dangerous to release the mutex while
                   we are holding many of the variables in the wl struct.
                   That's why it's done last in the function, and care must