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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c index 5ec19d91cf37..1f73fbfee0c0 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c @@ -5583,7 +5583,15 @@ static int ath10k_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, if (ar->bus_param.dev_type == ATH10K_DEV_TYPE_HL) { arvif->beacon_buf = kmalloc(IEEE80211_MAX_FRAME_LEN, GFP_KERNEL); - arvif->beacon_paddr = (dma_addr_t)arvif->beacon_buf; + + /* Using a kernel pointer in place of a dma_addr_t + * token can lead to undefined behavior if that + * makes it into cache management functions. Use a + * known-invalid address token instead, which + * avoids the warning and makes it easier to catch + * bugs if it does end up getting used. + */ + arvif->beacon_paddr = DMA_MAPPING_ERROR; } else { arvif->beacon_buf = dma_alloc_coherent(ar->dev, |