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[PATCH 6/8] rtlwifi: Assign rx buffer ownership to hardware last

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Ownership of an rx buffer should only be given to the hardware
after all other changes are written, otherwise there's
a potential race.

Signed-off-by: Mike McCormack <mikem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
index fd74396..4fe405a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c
@@ -782,8 +782,6 @@ done:
 		rtlpriv->cfg->ops->set_desc((u8 *) pdesc, false,
 					    HW_DESC_RXBUFF_ADDR,
 					    (u8 *)&bufferaddress);
-		rtlpriv->cfg->ops->set_desc((u8 *)pdesc, false, HW_DESC_RXOWN,
-					    (u8 *)&tmp_one);
 		rtlpriv->cfg->ops->set_desc((u8 *)pdesc, false,
 					    HW_DESC_RXPKT_LEN,
 					    (u8 *)&rtlpci->rxbuffersize);
@@ -793,6 +791,9 @@ done:
 						    HW_DESC_RXERO,
 						    (u8 *)&tmp_one);
 
+		rtlpriv->cfg->ops->set_desc((u8 *)pdesc, false, HW_DESC_RXOWN,
+					    (u8 *)&tmp_one);
+
 		index = (index + 1) % rtlpci->rxringcount;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.4.1


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