[PATCH] [21/223] mac80211: use correct station flags lock

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Sun Dec 12 2010 - 19:31:54 EST


2.6.35-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>

commit f5521b13880f4f4f612e1d20dd4f565122d16e04 upstream.

This code is modifying the station flags, and
as such should hold the flags lock so it can
do so atomically vs. other flags modifications
and readers. This issue was introduced when
this code was added in eccb8e8f, as it used
the wrong lock (thus not fixing the race that
was previously documented in a comment.)

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
net/mac80211/cfg.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux/net/mac80211/cfg.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ linux/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -639,6 +639,7 @@ static void sta_apply_parameters(struct
struct sta_info *sta,
struct station_parameters *params)
{
+ unsigned long flags;
u32 rates;
int i, j;
struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
@@ -647,7 +648,7 @@ static void sta_apply_parameters(struct

sband = local->hw.wiphy->bands[local->oper_channel->band];

- spin_lock_bh(&sta->lock);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&sta->flaglock, flags);
mask = params->sta_flags_mask;
set = params->sta_flags_set;

@@ -674,7 +675,7 @@ static void sta_apply_parameters(struct
if (set & BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_MFP))
sta->flags |= WLAN_STA_MFP;
}
- spin_unlock_bh(&sta->lock);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sta->flaglock, flags);

/*
* cfg80211 validates this (1-2007) and allows setting the AID
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