Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b973c3...
Commit:     b973c31a925c6753d84a100673f6b25546ec8b34
Parent:     71ef99c8b79ab07e1c79794085481464f9870d62
Author:     Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@web.de>
AuthorDate: Sat Dec 27 22:19:49 2008 +0100
Committer:  John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
CommitDate: Mon Jan 12 14:24:57 2009 -0500

    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:
     <IRQ> <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 <chunkeey@web.de>
    Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
---
 net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

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;
 }
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