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| author | Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com> | 2011-02-12 23:24:20 +0200 |
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| committer | Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com> | 2011-02-22 18:06:36 +0200 |
| commit | a100885d9dfd8685e0b4e442afc9041ee4c90586 (patch) | |
| tree | 554a0aac55b22fa5760b9c58979a976a247f717d /drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx | |
| parent | 92fe9b5f112c77dbb63f42f7bed885d709586106 (diff) | |
wl12xx: avoid blocking while holding rcu lock on bss info change
Some blocking functions were called while holding the rcu lock for
accessing STA information. This can lead to a deadlock.
Save the required info beforehand and release the rcu without
blocking.
Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c index cf8b3cebe9d..d51d55998f4 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c @@ -2222,6 +2222,8 @@ static void wl1271_bss_info_changed_sta(struct wl1271 *wl, u32 sta_rate_set = 0; int ret; struct ieee80211_sta *sta; + bool sta_exists = false; + struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap sta_ht_cap; if (is_ibss) { ret = wl1271_bss_beacon_info_changed(wl, vif, bss_conf, @@ -2293,16 +2295,20 @@ static void wl1271_bss_info_changed_sta(struct wl1271 *wl, if (sta->ht_cap.ht_supported) sta_rate_set |= (sta->ht_cap.mcs.rx_mask[0] << HW_HT_RATES_OFFSET); + sta_ht_cap = sta->ht_cap; + sta_exists = true; + } + rcu_read_unlock(); + if (sta_exists) { /* handle new association with HT and HT information change */ if ((changed & BSS_CHANGED_HT) && (bss_conf->channel_type != NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT)) { - ret = wl1271_acx_set_ht_capabilities(wl, &sta->ht_cap, + ret = wl1271_acx_set_ht_capabilities(wl, &sta_ht_cap, true); if (ret < 0) { wl1271_warning("Set ht cap true failed %d", ret); - rcu_read_unlock(); goto out; } ret = wl1271_acx_set_ht_information(wl, @@ -2310,23 +2316,20 @@ static void wl1271_bss_info_changed_sta(struct wl1271 *wl, if (ret < 0) { wl1271_warning("Set ht information failed %d", ret); - rcu_read_unlock(); goto out; } } /* handle new association without HT and disassociation */ else if (changed & BSS_CHANGED_ASSOC) { - ret = wl1271_acx_set_ht_capabilities(wl, &sta->ht_cap, + ret = wl1271_acx_set_ht_capabilities(wl, &sta_ht_cap, false); if (ret < 0) { wl1271_warning("Set ht cap false failed %d", ret); - rcu_read_unlock(); goto out; } } } - rcu_read_unlock(); if ((changed & BSS_CHANGED_ASSOC)) { if (bss_conf->assoc) { |