Recent patch "mwifiex: fix NULL pointer" skips extended scan event
handling when suspend is in progress. It created a problem for scan
after interface disabled/enabled case.
This patch solves the problem by checking netif_running() status.
Fixes:16d25da94f3d654 ("mwifiex: fix NULL pointer dereference during suspend")
Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_event.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_event.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_event.c
index a422f33..7e394d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_event.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_event.c
@@ -708,7 +708,11 @@ int mwifiex_process_sta_event(struct mwifiex_private *priv)
case EVENT_EXT_SCAN_REPORT:
mwifiex_dbg(adapter, EVENT, "event: EXT_SCAN Report\n");
- if (adapter->ext_scan && !priv->scan_aborting)
+ /* We intend to skip this event during suspend, but handle
+ * it in interface disabled case
+ */
+ if (adapter->ext_scan && (!priv->scan_aborting ||
+ !netif_running(priv->netdev)))
ret = mwifiex_handle_event_ext_scan_report(priv,
adapter->event_skb->data);
--
1.9.1
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