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authorSenthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@atheros.com>2009-06-24 18:56:41 +0530
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-07-10 15:02:24 -0400
commite5f0921a9593365b506f69daa3cfd19c0ed1340b (patch)
tree517b9d993790e182918b0950413913b2dfad7f8c
parentf38faa31e0da07390d72fb67d3151e56c54871f4 (diff)
ath9k: race condition in SCANNING state check during ANI calibration
ANI calibration shouldn't be done when we are not on our home channel. This is already verified. However, it is racy. Fix this by proper spin locks. Signed-off-by: Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h1
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c11
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
index 747e046b03b..eb9d5228cb6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ struct ath_softc {
int irq;
spinlock_t sc_resetlock;
spinlock_t sc_serial_rw;
+ spinlock_t ani_lock;
struct mutex mutex;
u8 curbssid[ETH_ALEN];
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index 6d63126a81f..52dfa43bc52 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ static void ath_ani_calibrate(unsigned long data)
* don't calibrate when we're scanning.
* we are most likely not on our home channel.
*/
+ spin_lock(&sc->ani_lock);
if (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_SCANNING)
goto set_timer;
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ static void ath_ani_calibrate(unsigned long data)
ath9k_ps_restore(sc);
set_timer:
+ spin_unlock(&sc->ani_lock);
/*
* Set timer interval based on previous results.
* The interval must be the shortest necessary to satisfy ANI,
@@ -1310,6 +1312,7 @@ static int ath_init(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc)
spin_lock_init(&sc->wiphy_lock);
spin_lock_init(&sc->sc_resetlock);
spin_lock_init(&sc->sc_serial_rw);
+ spin_lock_init(&sc->ani_lock);
mutex_init(&sc->mutex);
tasklet_init(&sc->intr_tq, ath9k_tasklet, (unsigned long)sc);
tasklet_init(&sc->bcon_tasklet, ath_beacon_tasklet,
@@ -2682,9 +2685,9 @@ static void ath9k_sw_scan_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
aphy->state = ATH_WIPHY_SCAN;
ath9k_wiphy_pause_all_forced(sc, aphy);
- mutex_lock(&sc->mutex);
+ spin_lock_bh(&sc->ani_lock);
sc->sc_flags |= SC_OP_SCANNING;
- mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&sc->ani_lock);
}
static void ath9k_sw_scan_complete(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
@@ -2692,11 +2695,11 @@ static void ath9k_sw_scan_complete(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
struct ath_wiphy *aphy = hw->priv;
struct ath_softc *sc = aphy->sc;
- mutex_lock(&sc->mutex);
+ spin_lock_bh(&sc->ani_lock);
aphy->state = ATH_WIPHY_ACTIVE;
sc->sc_flags &= ~SC_OP_SCANNING;
sc->sc_flags |= SC_OP_FULL_RESET;
- mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&sc->ani_lock);
}
struct ieee80211_ops ath9k_ops = {