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wireless: wl12xx, fix lock imbalance

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Add omitted mutex_unlock to one of wl12xx_op_start fail paths (when
wl12xx_chip_wakeup fails).

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Power off the device, because:
\= cite from http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124755028209880&w=2
If the chip cannot be booted, why should it remain powered on?
In some rare cases, the chip might fail to initialize, but can
recover if powered off and on again, so turning it off at this
point is the right thing to do. =/

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Jiri Slaby 2009-07-14 22:37:13 +02:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent a94ca4e7af
commit fe643414db
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drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c
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@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static int wl1251_op_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
ret = wl1251_chip_wakeup(wl);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
goto out;
ret = wl->chip.op_boot(wl);
if (ret < 0)