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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-05-06 16:42:19 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-05-06 16:42:19 -0700
commita860820dce09080dc3df05064b659e931ff35a29 (patch)
tree3a13abb743ed5235313f41f4cf33eb190d7d476a /net
parent457ca7bb6bdf39d0832d3f88c65fa367a3b20de6 (diff)
parent94c7f2d49521b0bb3ab91cbeb3518ac34355d47f (diff)
downloadlinux-a860820dce09080dc3df05064b659e931ff35a29.tar.bz2
Merge branch 'linux-2.6.30.y' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/inaky/wimax
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/wimax/op-msg.c11
-rw-r--r--net/wimax/stack.c17
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/wimax/op-msg.c b/net/wimax/op-msg.c
index 5d149c1b5f0d..9ad4d893a566 100644
--- a/net/wimax/op-msg.c
+++ b/net/wimax/op-msg.c
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ struct sk_buff *wimax_msg_alloc(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev,
}
result = nla_put(skb, WIMAX_GNL_MSG_DATA, size, msg);
if (result < 0) {
- dev_err(dev, "no memory to add payload in attribute\n");
+ dev_err(dev, "no memory to add payload (msg %p size %zu) in "
+ "attribute: %d\n", msg, size, result);
goto error_nla_put;
}
genlmsg_end(skb, genl_msg);
@@ -299,10 +300,10 @@ int wimax_msg(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev, const char *pipe_name,
struct sk_buff *skb;
skb = wimax_msg_alloc(wimax_dev, pipe_name, buf, size, gfp_flags);
- if (skb == NULL)
- goto error_msg_new;
- result = wimax_msg_send(wimax_dev, skb);
-error_msg_new:
+ if (IS_ERR(skb))
+ result = PTR_ERR(skb);
+ else
+ result = wimax_msg_send(wimax_dev, skb);
return result;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wimax_msg);
diff --git a/net/wimax/stack.c b/net/wimax/stack.c
index a0ee76b52510..933e1422b09f 100644
--- a/net/wimax/stack.c
+++ b/net/wimax/stack.c
@@ -338,8 +338,21 @@ out:
*/
void wimax_state_change(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev, enum wimax_st new_state)
{
+ /*
+ * A driver cannot take the wimax_dev out of the
+ * __WIMAX_ST_NULL state unless by calling wimax_dev_add(). If
+ * the wimax_dev's state is still NULL, we ignore any request
+ * to change its state because it means it hasn't been yet
+ * registered.
+ *
+ * There is no need to complain about it, as routines that
+ * call this might be shared from different code paths that
+ * are called before or after wimax_dev_add() has done its
+ * job.
+ */
mutex_lock(&wimax_dev->mutex);
- __wimax_state_change(wimax_dev, new_state);
+ if (wimax_dev->state > __WIMAX_ST_NULL)
+ __wimax_state_change(wimax_dev, new_state);
mutex_unlock(&wimax_dev->mutex);
return;
}
@@ -376,7 +389,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wimax_state_get);
void wimax_dev_init(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev)
{
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wimax_dev->id_table_node);
- __wimax_state_set(wimax_dev, WIMAX_ST_UNINITIALIZED);
+ __wimax_state_set(wimax_dev, __WIMAX_ST_NULL);
mutex_init(&wimax_dev->mutex);
mutex_init(&wimax_dev->mutex_reset);
}