ath10k: fix kernel panic issue during pci probe

[Kalle Valo]

Yu Wang <yyuwang at codeaurora.org> wrote:

> If device gone during chip reset, ar->normal_mode_fw.board is not
> initialized, but ath10k_debug_print_hwfw_info() will try to access its
> member, which will cause 'kernel NULL pointer' issue. This was found
> using a faulty device (pci link went down sometimes) in a random
> insmod/rmmod/other-op test.
> To fix it, check ar->normal_mode_fw.board before accessing the member.
> 
> pci 0000:02:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xf7400000-0xf75fffff 64bit]
> ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
> ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
> ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: failed to read device register, device is gone
> ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: failed to wait for target init: -5
> ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: failed to warm reset: -5
> ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware crashed during chip reset
> ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware crashed! (uuid 5d018951-b8e1-404a-8fde-923078b4423a)
> ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: (null) target 0x00000000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 0000:0000
> ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: kconfig debug 1 debugfs 1 tracing 1 dfs 1 testmode 1
> ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware ver  api 0 features  crc32 00000000
> ...
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000004
> ...
> Call Trace:
>  [<fb4e7882>] ath10k_print_driver_info+0x12/0x20 [ath10k_core]
>  [<fb62b7dd>] ath10k_pci_fw_crashed_dump+0x6d/0x4d0 [ath10k_pci]
>  [<fb629f07>] ? ath10k_pci_sleep.part.19+0x57/0xc0 [ath10k_pci]
>  [<fb62c8ee>] ath10k_pci_hif_power_up+0x14e/0x1b0 [ath10k_pci]
>  [<c10477fb>] ? do_page_fault+0xb/0x10
>  [<fb4eb934>] ath10k_core_register_work+0x24/0x840 [ath10k_core]
>  [<c18a00d8>] ? netlbl_unlhsh_remove+0x178/0x410
>  [<c10477f0>] ? __do_page_fault+0x480/0x480
>  [<c1068e44>] process_one_work+0x114/0x3e0
>  [<c1069d07>] worker_thread+0x37/0x4a0
>  [<c106e294>] kthread+0xa4/0xc0
>  [<c1069cd0>] ? create_worker+0x180/0x180
>  [<c106e1f0>] ? kthread_park+0x50/0x50
>  [<c18ab4f7>] ret_from_fork+0x1b/0x28
>  Code: 78 80 b8 50 09 00 00 00 75 5d 8d 75 94 c7 44 24 08 aa d7 52 fb c7 44 24 04 64 00 00 00
>  89 34 24 e8 82 52 e2 c5 8b 83 dc 08 00 00 <8b> 50 04 8b 08 31 c0 e8 20 57 e3 c5 89 44 24 10 8b 83 58 09 00
>  EIP: [<fb4e7754>]-
>  ath10k_debug_print_board_info+0x34/0xb0 [ath10k_core]
>  SS:ESP 0068:f4921d90
>  CR2: 0000000000000004
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yu Wang <yyuwang at codeaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo at codeaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-current branch of ath.git, thanks.

50e79e25250b ath10k: fix kernel panic issue during pci probe

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