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Re: [PATCH] ath9k_common: fix random decryption failure

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Am 12.09.2014 um 22:36 schrieb Johannes Stezenbach:
> In v3.15 the driver stopped to accept network packets after successful
> authentification, which could be worked around by passing the
> nohwcrypt=1 module parameter.  This was not reproducible by
> everyone, and showed random behaviour in some tests.
> It was caused by an uninitialized variable introduced
> in 4ed1a8d4a257 ("ath9k_htc: use ath9k_cmn_rx_accept") and
> used in 341b29b9cd2f ("ath9k_htc: use ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_postprocess").
> 
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78581
> Fixes: 341b29b9cd2f ("ath9k_htc: use ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_postprocess")
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c
> index bb86eb2..f0484b1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c
> @@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ static bool ath9k_rx_prepare(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv,
>  	struct ath_hw *ah = common->ah;
>  	struct ath_htc_rx_status *rxstatus;
>  	struct ath_rx_status rx_stats;
> -	bool decrypt_error;
> +	bool decrypt_error = false;
>  
>  	if (skb->len < HTC_RX_FRAME_HEADER_SIZE) {
>  		ath_err(common, "Corrupted RX frame, dropping (len: %d)\n",
> 

ACK.

-- 
Regards,
Oleksij

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