[ Upstream commit 765976285a8c8db3f0eb7f033829a899d0c2786e ]
In case alloc_workqueue fails, the fix reports the error and
returns to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c
index 4ac928bf1f8e6..7de18ed10db8e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c
@@ -466,6 +466,11 @@ static void _rtl_init_deferred_work(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
/* <2> work queue */
rtlpriv->works.hw = hw;
rtlpriv->works.rtl_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s", 0, 0, rtlpriv->cfg->name);
+ if (unlikely(!rtlpriv->works.rtl_wq)) {
+ pr_err("Failed to allocate work queue\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rtlpriv->works.watchdog_wq,
(void *)rtl_watchdog_wq_callback);
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rtlpriv->works.ips_nic_off_wq,
--
2.20.1
