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Re: [PATCH v2] cfg80211: fix deadlock

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Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> When removing an interface with nl80211, cfg80211 will
> deadlock in the netdev notifier because we're already
> holding rdev->mtx and try to acquire it again to verify
> the scan has been done.
>
> This bug was introduced by my patch
> "cfg80211: check for and abort dangling scan requests".

[...]

> Reported-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I was bitten by the bug as well and this patch fixed it. Thanks.

Tested-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@xxxxxx>

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Kalle Valo
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