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Re: [PATCH 3.8 2/2] ath9k_hw: fix RF bank initialization

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On 2013-01-14 8:58 PM, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 07:54:58PM +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:
>> ar900*_init_mode_regs needs to be called before RF banks are allocated,
>> otherwise the storage size of RF banks isn't known. This patch fixes
>> a memory overrun that can show up as a crash on unloading the module.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> @@ -410,7 +411,10 @@ int ar9002_hw_attach_ops(struct ath_hw *ah)
>>  	struct ath_hw_ops *ops = ath9k_hw_ops(ah);
>>  	int ret;
>>  
>> -	priv_ops->init_mode_regs = ar9002_hw_init_mode_regs;
>> +	ret = ar9002_hw_init_mode_regs(ah);
>> +	if (ret)
>> +		return ret;
>> +
>>  	priv_ops->init_mode_gain_regs = ar9002_hw_init_mode_gain_regs;
>>  
>>  	ops->config_pci_powersave = ar9002_hw_configpcipowersave;
> 
> This hunk depends on "ath9k_hw: use the devres API for allocations",
> which is queue for 3.9.  Can you revise this for 3.8?  If not, should
> I hold just this one for 3.9?  Or the earlier patch in the series
> as well?
Oh, I got the version mixed up, put this into 3.9 then, 3.8 doesn't need it.

- Felix

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