From: Larry Finger Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 02:12:47 +0000 (-0600) Subject: staging: rtl8188eu: Fix module loading from tasklet for WEP encryption X-Git-Tag: rel_imx_5.10.35_2.0.0-somdevices.0~5505^2~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.somdevices.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7775665aadc48a562051834a73519129bf717d73;p=linux.git staging: rtl8188eu: Fix module loading from tasklet for WEP encryption Commit 2b2ea09e74a5 ("staging:r8188eu: Use lib80211 to decrypt WEP-frames") causes scheduling while atomic bugs followed by a hard freeze whenever the driver tries to connect to a WEP-encrypted network. Experimentation showed that the freezes were eliminated when module lib80211 was preloaded, which can be forced by calling lib80211_get_crypto_ops() directly rather than indirectly through try_then_request_module(). With this change, no BUG messages are logged. Fixes: 2b2ea09e74a5 ("staging:r8188eu: Use lib80211 to decrypt WEP-frames") Cc: Stable # v4.17+ Cc: Michael Straube Cc: Ivan Safonov Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_security.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_security.c index dbb84e00077f..2f90f60f1681 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_security.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_security.c @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void rtw_wep_encrypt(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *pxmitframe) pframe = ((struct xmit_frame *)pxmitframe)->buf_addr + hw_hdr_offset; - crypto_ops = try_then_request_module(lib80211_get_crypto_ops("WEP"), "lib80211_crypt_wep"); + crypto_ops = lib80211_get_crypto_ops("WEP"); if (!crypto_ops) return; @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ int rtw_wep_decrypt(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *precvframe) void *crypto_private = NULL; int status = _SUCCESS; const int keyindex = prxattrib->key_index; - struct lib80211_crypto_ops *crypto_ops = try_then_request_module(lib80211_get_crypto_ops("WEP"), "lib80211_crypt_wep"); + struct lib80211_crypto_ops *crypto_ops = lib80211_get_crypto_ops("WEP"); char iv[4], icv[4]; if (!crypto_ops) {