From b973c31a925c6753d84a100673f6b25546ec8b34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Lamparter Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:19:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: initialize RC data for all mesh links upon allocation This patch fixes a panic that might occur, if the device is part of a mesh and tries to send with a higher rate index than "0". kernel BUG at net/mac80211/rate.c:239! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP [...] Call Trace: <0> ? invoke_tx_handlers+0x474/0xb57 [mac80211] ? __ieee80211_tx_prepare+0x260/0x2a8 [mac80211] ? ieee80211_master_start_xmit+0x300/0x43a [mac80211] ? __qdisc_run+0xde/0x1da ? net_tx_action+0xb4/0x102 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c index 929ba54..1159bdb 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c +++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static struct sta_info *mesh_plink_alloc(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, sta->flags = WLAN_STA_AUTHORIZED; sta->sta.supp_rates[local->hw.conf.channel->band] = rates; + rate_control_rate_init(sta); return sta; } -- 2.7.4