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wimax/i2400m: fix oops when the TX FIFO fills up due to a missing check

When the TX FIFO filled up and i2400m_tx_new() failed to allocate a
new TX message header, a missing check for said condition was causing a
kernel oops when trying to dereference a NULL i2400m->tx_msg pointer.

Found and diagnosed by Cindy H. Kao.

Signed-off-by: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@linux.intel.com>
Inaky Perez-Gonzalez 16 years ago
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      drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/tx.c

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drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/tx.c

@@ -653,6 +653,8 @@ try_new:
 		i2400m_tx_close(i2400m);
 		i2400m_tx_new(i2400m);
 	}
+	if (i2400m->tx_msg == NULL)
+		goto error_tx_new;
 	if (i2400m->tx_msg->size + padded_len > I2400M_TX_BUF_SIZE / 2) {
 		d_printf(2, dev, "TX: message too big, going new\n");
 		i2400m_tx_close(i2400m);