Bug#656813: [PATCH 2/2] ipw2100: Fix order of device registration
Currently cfg80211 fails to create a "phy80211" symlink in sysfs from
the net device to the wiphy device. The latter needs to be registered
first.
Compile-tested only.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
---
This appears to have the same bug as ipw2200.
Ben.
drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c
index a0e5c21..a5437e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.c
@@ -1956,10 +1956,8 @@ static int ipw2100_wdev_init(struct net_device *dev)
}
set_wiphy_dev(wdev->wiphy, &priv->pci_dev->dev);
- if (wiphy_register(wdev->wiphy)) {
- ipw2100_down(priv);
+ if (wiphy_register(wdev->wiphy))
return -EIO;
- }
return 0;
}
@@ -6337,6 +6335,11 @@ static int ipw2100_pci_init_one(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
printk(KERN_INFO DRV_NAME
": Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection\n");
+ err = ipw2100_wdev_init(dev);
+ if (err)
+ goto fail;
+ registered = 1;
+
/* Bring up the interface. Pre 0.46, after we registered the
* network device we would call ipw2100_up. This introduced a race
* condition with newer hotplug configurations (network was coming
@@ -6353,11 +6356,7 @@ static int ipw2100_pci_init_one(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
"Error calling register_netdev.\n");
goto fail;
}
- registered = 1;
-
- err = ipw2100_wdev_init(dev);
- if (err)
- goto fail;
+ registered = 2;
mutex_lock(&priv->action_mutex);
@@ -6396,13 +6395,16 @@ static int ipw2100_pci_init_one(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
fail_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&priv->action_mutex);
- wiphy_unregister(priv->ieee->wdev.wiphy);
- kfree(priv->ieee->bg_band.channels);
fail:
if (dev) {
- if (registered)
+ if (registered >= 2)
unregister_netdev(dev);
+ if (registered) {
+ wiphy_unregister(priv->ieee->wdev.wiphy);
+ kfree(priv->ieee->bg_band.channels);
+ }
+
ipw2100_hw_stop_adapter(priv);
ipw2100_disable_interrupts(priv);
--
1.7.8.2
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