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| author | Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> | 2009-02-21 00:04:27 -0500 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2009-02-27 14:52:56 -0500 |
| commit | d335fe6391c2d86582cf71ef5773a161ee604608 (patch) | |
| tree | 4a5af6c209c73fc16e54f71c3a0e2ba046f0fcf9 /net/wireless | |
| parent | 806a9e39670be4f1f861c346ec102a79e81b90c3 (diff) | |
| download | linux-d335fe6391c2d86582cf71ef5773a161ee604608.tar.bz2 | |
cfg80211: protect first access of last_request on 11d hint under mutex
We were not protecting last_request there is a small possible race
between an 11d hint and another routine which calls reset_regdomains()
which can prevent a valid country IE from being processed. This is
not critical as it will still be procesed soon after but locking prior
to it is correct.
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/reg.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c index d44f3b5481ad..b47445219a48 100644 --- a/net/wireless/reg.c +++ b/net/wireless/reg.c @@ -1261,11 +1261,13 @@ void regulatory_hint_11d(struct wiphy *wiphy, u32 checksum = 0; enum environment_cap env = ENVIRON_ANY; - if (!last_request) - return; - mutex_lock(&cfg80211_mutex); + if (unlikely(!last_request)) { + mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex); + return; + } + /* IE len must be evenly divisible by 2 */ if (country_ie_len & 0x01) goto out; |