If cfg80211 is built into the kernel there is perhaps a small time window betwen nl80211_init() and regulatory_init() where cfg80211_regdomain hasn't yet been initialized to let the wireless core do its work. During that rare case and time frame (if its even possible) we don't allow user regulatory changes as cfg80211 is working on enabling its first regulatory domain. To check for cfg80211_regdomain we now contend the entire operation using the cfg80211_mutex. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index f353e39..5d3e968 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -1882,24 +1882,42 @@ static int nl80211_req_set_reg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) int r; char *data = NULL; - if (!info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_REG_ALPHA2]) - return -EINVAL; + /* + * You should only get this when cfg80211 hasn't yet initialized + * completely when built-in to the kernel right between the time + * window between nl80211_init() and regulatory_init(), if that is + * even possible. + */ + mutex_lock(&cfg80211_mutex); + if (unlikely(!cfg80211_regdomain)) { + r = -EINPROGRESS; + goto out; + } + + if (!info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_REG_ALPHA2]) { + r = -EINVAL; + goto out; + } data = nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_REG_ALPHA2]); #ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY /* We ignore world regdom requests with the old regdom setup */ - if (is_world_regdom(data)) - return -EINVAL; + if (is_world_regdom(data)) { + r = -EINVAL; + goto out; + } #endif - mutex_lock(&cfg80211_mutex); r = __regulatory_hint(NULL, REGDOM_SET_BY_USER, data, 0, ENVIRON_ANY); - mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex); - /* This means the regulatory domain was already set, however + /* + * This means the regulatory domain was already set, however * we don't want to confuse userspace with a "successful error" - * message so lets just treat it as a success */ + * message so lets just treat it as a success + */ if (r == -EALREADY) r = 0; +out: + mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex); return r; } -- 1.6.0.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html