Merge branch 'linux-2.6.30.y' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/inaky/wimax

net/wimax/op-msg.c

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 	}
 	result = nla_put(skb, WIMAX_GNL_MSG_DATA, size, msg);
 	if (result < 0) {
-		dev_err(dev, "no memory to add payload in attribute\n");
+		dev_err(dev, "no memory to add payload (msg %p size %zu) in "
+			"attribute: %d\n", msg, size, result);
 		goto error_nla_put;
 	}
 	genlmsg_end(skb, genl_msg);
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 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 	skb = wimax_msg_alloc(wimax_dev, pipe_name, buf, size, gfp_flags);
-	if (skb == NULL)
-		goto error_msg_new;
-	result = wimax_msg_send(wimax_dev, skb);
-error_msg_new:
+	if (IS_ERR(skb))
+		result = PTR_ERR(skb);
+	else
+		result = wimax_msg_send(wimax_dev, skb);
 	return result;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wimax_msg);

net/wimax/stack.c

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  */
 void wimax_state_change(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev, enum wimax_st new_state)
 {
+	/*
+	 * A driver cannot take the wimax_dev out of the
+	 * __WIMAX_ST_NULL state unless by calling wimax_dev_add(). If
+	 * the wimax_dev's state is still NULL, we ignore any request
+	 * to change its state because it means it hasn't been yet
+	 * registered.
+	 *
+	 * There is no need to complain about it, as routines that
+	 * call this might be shared from different code paths that
+	 * are called before or after wimax_dev_add() has done its
+	 * job.
+	 */
 	mutex_lock(&wimax_dev->mutex);
-	__wimax_state_change(wimax_dev, new_state);
+	if (wimax_dev->state > __WIMAX_ST_NULL)
+		__wimax_state_change(wimax_dev, new_state);
 	mutex_unlock(&wimax_dev->mutex);
 	return;
 }
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 void wimax_dev_init(struct wimax_dev *wimax_dev)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wimax_dev->id_table_node);
-	__wimax_state_set(wimax_dev, WIMAX_ST_UNINITIALIZED);
+	__wimax_state_set(wimax_dev, __WIMAX_ST_NULL);
 	mutex_init(&wimax_dev->mutex);
 	mutex_init(&wimax_dev->mutex_reset);
 }