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Re: [PATCH] ath9k: fix beacon slot/buffer leak

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On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When cleaning up beacon buffers and slots, ath9k currently checks if
> sc->ah->opmode is set to a beacon related mode before cleaning up
> buffers.
> An unfortunate ordering of interface up/down commands can lead to
> sc->ah->opmode being set to monitor mode, while there are AP interfaces
> present on the same wiphy.
> Always cleaning up beacon buffers if present fixes this issue.
>

CC stable?
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