commit 4e5518ca53be29c1ec3c00089c97bef36bfed515 upstream. pcmcia_request_irq() and pcmcia_enable_device() are intended to be called from process context (first function allocate memory with GFP_KERNEL, second take a mutex). We can not take spin lock and call them. It's safe to move spin lock after pcmcia_enable_device() as we still hold off IRQ until dev->base_addr is 0 and driver will not proceed with interrupts when is not ready. Patch resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643758 Reported-and-tested-by: rbugz(a)biobind.com Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka(a)redhat.com&gt; --- drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.c | 15 ++++++--------- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.c index 29b31a6..4ebf63d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_cs.c @@ -627,14 +627,13 @@ static int prism2_config(struct pcmcia_device *link) hw_priv->link = link; /* - * Make sure the IRQ handler cannot proceed until at least - * dev->base_addr is initialized. + * We enable IRQ here, but IRQ handler will not proceed + * until dev->base_addr is set below. This protect us from + * receive interrupts when driver is not initialized. */ - spin_lock_irqsave(&local->irq_init_lock, flags); - ret = pcmcia_request_irq(link, prism2_interrupt); if (ret) - goto failed_unlock; + goto failed; /* * This actually configures the PCMCIA socket -- setting up @@ -643,11 +642,11 @@ static int prism2_config(struct pcmcia_device *link) */ ret = pcmcia_request_configuration(link, &link->conf); if (ret) - goto failed_unlock; + goto failed; + spin_lock_irqsave(&local->irq_init_lock, flags); dev->irq = link->irq; dev->base_addr = link->io.BasePort1; - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->irq_init_lock, flags); /* Finally, report what we've done */ @@ -676,8 +675,6 @@ static int prism2_config(struct pcmcia_device *link) return ret; - failed_unlock: - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->irq_init_lock, flags); failed: kfree(hw_priv); prism2_release((u_long)link); -- 1.7.1