From 7f8046106f4faca8f13c90b710ba8baa8de20c5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Joachim Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 18:10:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] rtlwifi: Fix fallback firmware loading Commit f70e4df2b384 ("rtlwifi: Add code to read new versions of firmware") added code to load an old firmware file if the new one is not available. Unfortunately that code is never reached because request_firmware_nowait() does not wait for the firmware to show up and returns 0 even if the file is not there. Use the existing fallback mechanism introduced by commit 62009b7f1279 ("rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Add new firmware") instead. Fixes: f70e4df2b384 ("rtlwifi: Add code to read new versions of firmware") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sven Joachim Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo Gbp-Pq: Topic bugfix/all Gbp-Pq: Name rtlwifi-fix-fallback-firmware-loading.patch --- .../net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/sw.c | 17 +++++------------ .../net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/sw.c | 17 +++++------------ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/sw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/sw.c index b7a5f9274b4..81ef1b31249 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/sw.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/sw.c @@ -187,18 +187,10 @@ int rtl8723be_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) rtlpriv->io.dev, GFP_KERNEL, hw, rtl_fw_cb); if (err) { - /* Failed to get firmware. Check if old version available */ - fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin"; - pr_info("Using firmware %s\n", fw_name); - err = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, 1, fw_name, - rtlpriv->io.dev, GFP_KERNEL, hw, - rtl_fw_cb); - if (err) { - pr_err("Failed to request firmware!\n"); - vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware); - rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = NULL; - return 1; - } + pr_err("Failed to request firmware!\n"); + vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware); + rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = NULL; + return 1; } return 0; } @@ -289,6 +281,7 @@ static const struct rtl_hal_cfg rtl8723be_hal_cfg = { .bar_id = 2, .write_readback = true, .name = "rtl8723be_pci", + .alt_fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin", .ops = &rtl8723be_hal_ops, .mod_params = &rtl8723be_mod_params, .maps[SYS_ISO_CTRL] = REG_SYS_ISO_CTRL, diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/sw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/sw.c index 5272fb49f8e..227d27bed5f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/sw.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/sw.c @@ -216,18 +216,10 @@ int rtl8821ae_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) rtlpriv->io.dev, GFP_KERNEL, hw, rtl_fw_cb); if (err) { - /* Failed to get firmware. Check if old version available */ - fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw.bin"; - pr_info("Using firmware %s\n", fw_name); - err = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, 1, fw_name, - rtlpriv->io.dev, GFP_KERNEL, hw, - rtl_fw_cb); - if (err) { - pr_err("Failed to request normal firmware!\n"); - vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.wowlan_firmware); - vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware); - return 1; - } + pr_err("Failed to request normal firmware!\n"); + vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.wowlan_firmware); + vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware); + return 1; } /*load wowlan firmware*/ pr_info("Using firmware %s\n", wowlan_fw_name); @@ -331,6 +323,7 @@ static const struct rtl_hal_cfg rtl8821ae_hal_cfg = { .bar_id = 2, .write_readback = true, .name = "rtl8821ae_pci", + .alt_fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw.bin", .ops = &rtl8821ae_hal_ops, .mod_params = &rtl8821ae_mod_params, .maps[SYS_ISO_CTRL] = REG_SYS_ISO_CTRL, -- 2.30.2