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authorLuciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>2011-01-11 19:07:21 +0100
committerLuciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>2011-01-24 22:11:52 +0200
commit2d6e4e76d1e73886cb087142e70e2beaabb94b79 (patch)
treed3d8a2284aed0b0aa0fe5d83ceb8e320bca0071e /drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx
parenta8aaaf53d5f22f7f60ca5af26fc85c2940575c37 (diff)
downloadlinux-2d6e4e76d1e73886cb087142e70e2beaabb94b79.tar.bz2
wl12xx: lock the RCU when accessing sta via ieee80211_find_sta()
We were calling ieee80211_find_sta() and the sta returned by it without locking the RCU, which is required by mac80211. Fix this and reorganize slightly the area of the code where the sta is used. Reported-by: Jonathan DE CESCO <jonathanc@ti.com> Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c60
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
index 588e10ee282c..2192e4cf62f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
@@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ static void wl1271_bss_info_changed_sta(struct wl1271 *wl,
bool do_join = false, set_assoc = false;
bool is_ibss = (wl->bss_type == BSS_TYPE_IBSS);
int ret;
- struct ieee80211_sta *sta = ieee80211_find_sta(vif, bss_conf->bssid);
+ struct ieee80211_sta *sta;
if (is_ibss) {
ret = wl1271_bss_beacon_info_changed(wl, vif, bss_conf,
@@ -2378,36 +2378,42 @@ static void wl1271_bss_info_changed_sta(struct wl1271 *wl,
if (ret < 0)
goto out;
- /*
- * Takes care of: New association with HT enable,
- * HT information change in beacon.
- */
- if (sta &&
- (changed & BSS_CHANGED_HT) &&
- (bss_conf->channel_type != NL80211_CHAN_NO_HT)) {
- ret = wl1271_acx_set_ht_capabilities(wl, &sta->ht_cap, true);
- if (ret < 0) {
- wl1271_warning("Set ht cap true failed %d", ret);
- goto out;
- }
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ sta = ieee80211_find_sta(vif, bss_conf->bssid);
+ if (sta) {
+ /* 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,
+ 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,
- bss_conf->ht_operation_mode);
- if (ret < 0) {
- wl1271_warning("Set ht information failed %d", ret);
- goto out;
+ bss_conf->ht_operation_mode);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ wl1271_warning("Set ht information failed %d",
+ ret);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ goto out;
+ }
}
- }
- /*
- * Takes care of: New association without HT,
- * Disassociation.
- */
- else if (sta && (changed & BSS_CHANGED_ASSOC)) {
- ret = wl1271_acx_set_ht_capabilities(wl, &sta->ht_cap, false);
- if (ret < 0) {
- wl1271_warning("Set ht cap false failed %d", ret);
- 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,
+ 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_ARP_FILTER) {
__be32 addr = bss_conf->arp_addr_list[0];