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cfg80211: add missing device list locking

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When calling into the wext code from the NETDEV_UP
notifier, we need to hold the devlist_mtx mutex as
the wext code ends up calling into channel checks.

Reported-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Tested-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Johannes Berg 2009-08-09 11:51:29 +02:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent af6a3fc7e7
commit aee83eaff8
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@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block * nb,
case NETDEV_UP:
#ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
cfg80211_lock_rdev(rdev);
mutex_lock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
wdev_lock(wdev);
switch (wdev->iftype) {
case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
@ -722,6 +723,7 @@ static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block * nb,
break;
}
wdev_unlock(wdev);
mutex_unlock(&rdev->devlist_mtx);
cfg80211_unlock_rdev(rdev);
#endif
break;