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authorRon Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com>2008-03-28 16:21:10 -0700
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2008-04-01 17:13:19 -0400
commitc4f552321fa2cfe1d6b1846138d2aa8254308f96 (patch)
tree6190f636f101aaa14af253406d83495ac5e979bf /drivers/net/wireless
parent897e1cf29e05e3373bf380a417d085cd3389a3c0 (diff)
iwlwifi: unregister to upper stack before releasing resources
This patch fixes an early release of driver's resources before upper stack was notified that low-level driver shuts down. Signed-off-by: Ron Rindjunsky <ron.rindjunsky@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
index ae4e53f5bed..e98695f7f14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
@@ -8207,6 +8207,11 @@ static void __devexit iwl4965_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
IWL_DEBUG_INFO("*** UNLOAD DRIVER ***\n");
+ if (priv->mac80211_registered) {
+ ieee80211_unregister_hw(priv->hw);
+ priv->mac80211_registered = 0;
+ }
+
set_bit(STATUS_EXIT_PENDING, &priv->status);
iwl4965_down(priv);
@@ -8241,9 +8246,6 @@ static void __devexit iwl4965_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
iwl4965_unset_hw_setting(priv);
iwlcore_clear_stations_table(priv);
- if (priv->mac80211_registered) {
- ieee80211_unregister_hw(priv->hw);
- }
/*netif_stop_queue(dev); */
flush_workqueue(priv->workqueue);