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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: fix cfg80211_leave() locking

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On 3 March 2014 13:55, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-02-28 at 15:58 +0100, Michal Kazior wrote:
>> The beacon_interval was set unprotected by
>> wdev.mtx. This could possibly lead to inconsistent
>> cfg80211 states.
>
> Why not just this patch? The beacon_interval is already set to 0 in
> stop_ap(), and is irrelevant for the other modes.
>
> diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
> index 010892b81a06..a3bf18d11609 100644
> --- a/net/wireless/core.c
> +++ b/net/wireless/core.c
> @@ -788,8 +788,6 @@ void cfg80211_leave(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
>         default:
>                 break;
>         }
> -
> -       wdev->beacon_interval = 0;
>  }
>
>  static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb,
>
>
> johannes

Good point. I was focused on locking changes (for my other patch) and
noticed the beacon_interval being unprotected and didn't look more
into it. Should I respin or are you going to apply your patch
yourself? Either way is fine with me.


Michał
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