rtl8187: use DMA-aware buffers with usb_control_msg

Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c
index fd81884b9c7..bac6cfba6ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c
@@ -1329,6 +1329,14 @@ static int __devinit rtl8187_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
         priv = dev->priv;
         priv->is_rtl8187b = (id->driver_info == DEVICE_RTL8187B);
 
+        /* allocate "DMA aware" buffer for register accesses */
+        priv->io_dmabuf = kmalloc(sizeof(*priv->io_dmabuf), GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!priv->io_dmabuf) {
+                err = -ENOMEM;
+                goto err_free_dev;
+        }
+        mutex_init(&priv->io_mutex);
+
         SET_IEEE80211_DEV(dev, &intf->dev);
         usb_set_intfdata(intf, dev);
         priv->udev = udev;
@@ -1495,7 +1503,7 @@ static int __devinit rtl8187_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
         err = ieee80211_register_hw(dev);
         if (err) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "rtl8187: Cannot register device\n");
-                goto err_free_dev;
+                goto err_free_dmabuf;
         }
         mutex_init(&priv->conf_mutex);
         skb_queue_head_init(&priv->b_tx_status.queue);
@@ -1506,6 +1514,8 @@ static int __devinit rtl8187_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
         return 0;
 
+ err_free_dmabuf:
+        kfree(priv->io_dmabuf);
  err_free_dev:
         ieee80211_free_hw(dev);
         usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
@@ -1526,6 +1536,7 @@ static void __devexit rtl8187_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
         priv = dev->priv;
         usb_reset_device(priv->udev);
         usb_put_dev(interface_to_usbdev(intf));
+        kfree(priv->io_dmabuf);
         ieee80211_free_hw(dev);
 }