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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c index a3e03580cd9f..564ca6a61985 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c @@ -438,14 +438,21 @@ static void carl9170_usb_rx_complete(struct urb *urb) if (atomic_read(&ar->rx_anch_urbs) == 0) { /* - * The system is too slow to cope with - * the enormous workload. We have simply - * run out of active rx urbs and this - * unfortunately leads to an unpredictable - * device. + * At this point, either the system is too slow to + * cope with the enormous workload (so we have simply + * run out of active rx urbs and this unfortunately + * leads to an unpredictable device), or the device + * is not fully functional after an unsuccessful + * firmware loading attempts (so it doesn't pass + * ieee80211_register_hw() and there is no internal + * workqueue at all). */ - ieee80211_queue_work(ar->hw, &ar->ping_work); + if (ar->registered) + ieee80211_queue_work(ar->hw, &ar->ping_work); + else + pr_warn_once("device %s is not registered\n", + dev_name(&ar->udev->dev)); } } else { /* |