ath9k_htc: fix panic on packet injection using airbase-ng tool.
This should fix the oops which occurs during the packet injection
on monitor interface.
EIP is at ath9k_htc_tx_start+0x69/0x220 [ath9k_htc]
[<f84dc8ea>] ? invoke_tx_handlers+0xa5a/0xee0 [mac80211]
[<f82c84f4>] ? ath9k_htc_tx+0x44/0xe0 [ath9k_htc]
[<f84db7b8>] ? __ieee80211_tx+0xf8/0x190 [mac80211]
[<f84dce0d>] ? ieee80211_tx+0x9d/0x1a0 [mac80211]
[<f84dcfac>] ? ieee80211_xmit+0x9c/0x1c0 [mac80211]
[<f84dd1b5>] ? ieee80211_monitor_start_xmit+0x85/0xb0 [mac80211]
[<c04c30cd>] ? dev_hard_start_xmit+0x1ad/0x210
[<c04b97c2>] ? __alloc_skb+0x52/0x130
[<c04d7cd5>] ? sch_direct_xmit+0x105/0x170
[<c04c5e9f>] ? dev_queue_xmit+0x37f/0x4b0
[<c0567e1e>] ? packet_snd+0x21e/0x250
[<c05684a2>] ? packet_sendmsg+0x32/0x40
[<c04b4c63>] ? sock_aio_write+0x113/0x130
[<c0207934>] ? do_sync_write+0xc4/0x100
[<c0167740>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x50
[<c02f4414>] ? security_file_permission+0x14/0x20
[<c0207ad4>] ? rw_verify_area+0x64/0xe0
[<c01e6458>] ? handle_mm_fault+0x338/0x390
[<c0207cd5>] ? vfs_write+0x185/0x1a0
[<c058db20>] ? do_page_fault+0x160/0x3a0
[<c0208512>] ? sys_write+0x42/0x70
[<c01033ec>] ? syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanoharan@atheros.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c
index bd0b4ac..2a6e45a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c
@@ -78,18 +78,23 @@
struct ieee80211_tx_info *tx_info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
struct ieee80211_sta *sta = tx_info->control.sta;
struct ath9k_htc_sta *ista;
- struct ath9k_htc_vif *avp;
struct ath9k_htc_tx_ctl tx_ctl;
enum htc_endpoint_id epid;
u16 qnum;
__le16 fc;
u8 *tx_fhdr;
- u8 sta_idx;
+ u8 sta_idx, vif_idx;
hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
fc = hdr->frame_control;
- avp = (struct ath9k_htc_vif *) tx_info->control.vif->drv_priv;
+ if (tx_info->control.vif &&
+ (struct ath9k_htc_vif *) tx_info->control.vif->drv_priv)
+ vif_idx = ((struct ath9k_htc_vif *)
+ tx_info->control.vif->drv_priv)->index;
+ else
+ vif_idx = priv->nvifs;
+
if (sta) {
ista = (struct ath9k_htc_sta *) sta->drv_priv;
sta_idx = ista->index;
@@ -106,7 +111,7 @@
memset(&tx_hdr, 0, sizeof(struct tx_frame_hdr));
tx_hdr.node_idx = sta_idx;
- tx_hdr.vif_idx = avp->index;
+ tx_hdr.vif_idx = vif_idx;
if (tx_info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU) {
tx_ctl.type = ATH9K_HTC_AMPDU;
@@ -169,7 +174,7 @@
tx_ctl.type = ATH9K_HTC_NORMAL;
mgmt_hdr.node_idx = sta_idx;
- mgmt_hdr.vif_idx = avp->index;
+ mgmt_hdr.vif_idx = vif_idx;
mgmt_hdr.tidno = 0;
mgmt_hdr.flags = 0;
