3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Grazvydas Ignotas <redacted>
commit 4c1bcdb5a3354b250b82a67549f57ac27a3bb85f upstream.
This driver currently leaves elp_work behind when stopping, which
occasionally results in data corruption because work function ends
up accessing freed memory, typical symptoms of this are various
worker_thread crashes. Fix it by cancelling elp_work.
Signed-off-by: Grazvydas Ignotas <redacted>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <redacted>
---
drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/main.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/main.c
index 41302c7..d1afb8e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/main.c
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ static void wl1251_op_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
cancel_work_sync(&wl->irq_work);
cancel_work_sync(&wl->tx_work);
cancel_work_sync(&wl->filter_work);
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&wl->elp_work);
mutex_lock(&wl->mutex);
--
1.7.10