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wl12xx: avoid blocking while holding rcu lock on bss info change

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Some blocking functions were called while holding the rcu lock for
accessing STA information. This can lead to a deadlock.

Save the required info beforehand and release the rcu without
blocking.

Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>
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Arik Nemtsov 2011-02-12 23:24:20 +02:00 committed by Luciano Coelho
parent 92fe9b5f11
commit a100885d9d
1 changed files with 9 additions and 6 deletions
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drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
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@ -2222,6 +2222,8 @@ static void wl1271_bss_info_changed_sta(struct wl1271 *wl,
u32 sta_rate_set = 0;
int ret;
struct ieee80211_sta *sta;
bool sta_exists = false;
struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap sta_ht_cap;
if (is_ibss) {
ret = wl1271_bss_beacon_info_changed(wl, vif, bss_conf,
@ -2293,16 +2295,20 @@ static void wl1271_bss_info_changed_sta(struct wl1271 *wl,
if (sta->ht_cap.ht_supported)
sta_rate_set |=
(sta->ht_cap.mcs.rx_mask[0] << HW_HT_RATES_OFFSET);
sta_ht_cap = sta->ht_cap;
sta_exists = true;
}
rcu_read_unlock();
if (sta_exists) {
/* 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,
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,
@ -2310,23 +2316,20 @@ static void wl1271_bss_info_changed_sta(struct wl1271 *wl,
if (ret < 0) {
wl1271_warning("Set ht information failed %d",
ret);
rcu_read_unlock();
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,
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_ASSOC)) {
if (bss_conf->assoc) {