For some strange reason the netif_running() check ended up after the actual type change instead of before, potentially causing all kinds of problems if the interface is up while changing the type; one of the problems manifests itself as a warning: WARNING: at net/mac80211/iface.c:651 ieee80211_teardown_sdata+0xda/0x1a0 [mac80211]() Hardware name: Aspire one Pid: 2596, comm: wpa_supplicant Tainted: G W 2.6.31-10-generic #32-Ubuntu Call Trace: [] warn_slowpath_common+0x6d/0xa0 [] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x20 [] ieee80211_teardown_sdata+0xda/0x1a0 [mac80211] [] ieee80211_if_change_type+0x4a/0xc0 [mac80211] [] ieee80211_change_iface+0x61/0xa0 [mac80211] [] cfg80211_wext_siwmode+0xc7/0x120 [cfg80211] [] ioctl_standard_call+0x58/0xf0 (http://www.kerneloops.org/searchweek.php?search=ieee80211_teardown_sdata) Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/cfg.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2009-11-01 19:19:16.000000000 +0100 +++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/cfg.c 2009-11-01 19:20:49.000000000 +0100 @@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ static int ieee80211_change_iface(struct struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata; int ret; + if (netif_running(dev)) + return -EBUSY; + if (!nl80211_type_check(type)) return -EINVAL; @@ -81,9 +84,6 @@ static int ieee80211_change_iface(struct if (ret) return ret; - if (netif_running(sdata->dev)) - return -EBUSY; - if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sdata->vif) && params->mesh_id_len) ieee80211_sdata_set_mesh_id(sdata, params->mesh_id_len, -- 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
