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authorIgor Perminov <igor.perminov@inbox.ru>2009-08-08 17:55:18 -0400
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-08-14 09:13:53 -0400
commit17512dc3b7fc9ff1a60d3748ce87c323df507c3d (patch)
tree1ad4c98c3c653571552156116ce639c6e0aa2789 /drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
parent66679a65efffffb62dc2650960b3aff758d575f9 (diff)
rt2x00: Fix for race condition while update beacon
The patch "Implement set_tim callback for all drivers" can cause kernel oops in rt73usb_write_beacon. The oops is caused by one of the following race conditions: * In case of two near calls to set_tim: rt2x00lib_beacondone_iter is cleaning the beacon skb, whereas rt73usb_write_beacon is still using it. * In case of two near updates of beacon: first as the result of set_tim and second as the result of a call from an application (e.g. hostapd). This patch fixes the race condition by rearranging the update logic and guarding rt2x00_intf->beacon->skb with a mutex. Signed-off-by: Igor Perminov <igor.perminov@inbox.ru> Signed-off-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
index e6e73be31e37..7c74c4efcb0f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
@@ -334,6 +334,11 @@ struct rt2x00_intf {
334 u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN]; 334 u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN];
335 335
336 /* 336 /*
337 * beacon->skb must be protected with the mutex.
338 */
339 struct mutex beacon_skb_mutex;
340
341 /*
337 * Entry in the beacon queue which belongs to 342 * Entry in the beacon queue which belongs to
338 * this interface. Each interface has its own 343 * this interface. Each interface has its own
339 * dedicated beacon entry. 344 * dedicated beacon entry.