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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: fix locking for SIWFREQ

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Johannes Berg wrote:
> "cfg80211: validate channel settings across interfaces"
> contained a locking bug -- in the managed-mode SIWFREQ
> call it would end up running into a lock recursion.
> 
> This fixes it by not checking that particular interface
> for a channel that it needs to stay on, which is as it
> should be as that's the interface we're setting the
> channel for.
> 
> Reported-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

This patch also fixes the problem that I had.

Larry
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