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[PATCH 4/7] rc80211-pid: fix sta_info refcounting

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Fix a bug which caused uncorrect refcounting of PHYs in mac80211. Thanks to
Johannes Berg for spotting this out.

Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 rc80211_pid_algo.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: wireless-2.6/net/mac80211/rc80211_pid_algo.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-2.6.orig/net/mac80211/rc80211_pid_algo.c
+++ wireless-2.6/net/mac80211/rc80211_pid_algo.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static void rate_control_pid_tx_status(v
 	/* Ignore all frames that were sent with a different rate than the rate
 	 * we currently advise mac80211 to use. */
 	if (status->control.rate != &local->oper_hw_mode->rates[sta->txrate])
-		return;
+		goto ignore;

 	spinfo = sta->rate_ctrl_priv;
 	spinfo->tx_num_xmit++;
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ static void rate_control_pid_tx_status(v
 	if (time_after(jiffies, spinfo->last_sample + period))
 		rate_control_pid_sample(pinfo, local, sta);

+ignore:
 	sta_info_put(sta);
 }


-- 
Ciao
Stefano
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