[PATCH 5/7] ath10k: fix NULL deref upon early FW crash

[Michal Kazior]

If firmware crashes during FW probing it would try
to perform FW recovery which uses mac80211
workqueue before registering to mac80211.

Using internal workqueue solves the problem.

Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c | 3 ++-
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
index c5561a9..3f6cbe7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
@@ -664,7 +664,8 @@ static void ath10k_core_restart(struct work_struct *work)
 		ieee80211_restart_hw(ar->hw);
 		break;
 	case ATH10K_STATE_OFF:
-		/* this can happen if driver is being unloaded */
+		/* this can happen if driver is being unloaded
+		 * or if the crash happens during FW probing */
 		ath10k_warn("cannot restart a device that hasn't been started\n");
 		break;
 	case ATH10K_STATE_RESTARTING:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
index f8d59c7..d09f8a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static void ath10k_pci_hif_dump_area(struct ath10k *ar)
 			   reg_dump_values[i + 2],
 			   reg_dump_values[i + 3]);
 
-	ieee80211_queue_work(ar->hw, &ar->restart_work);
+	queue_work(ar->workqueue, &ar->restart_work);
 }
 
 static void ath10k_pci_hif_send_complete_check(struct ath10k *ar, u8 pipe,
-- 
1.8.4.rc3