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Re: [PATCH 2/3] mac80211: create a STA entry for a WDS interface after receiving a beacon

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On 2011-05-31 9:31 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 21:16 +0200, Felix Fietkau wrote:

 +	rcu_read_lock();
 +
 +	sta = sta_info_get(sdata, sdata->u.wds.remote_addr);
 +
 +	if (!sta) {
 +		rcu_read_unlock();
 +		sta = sta_info_alloc(sdata, sdata->u.wds.remote_addr,
 +				     GFP_KERNEL);
 +		if (!sta)
 +			return;
 +
 +		new = true;
 +	}

...

 +	rcu_read_unlock();

definitely doesn't look right.
It's a bit weird because in the case of a new sta being allocated, the rcu read lock is acquired by sta_info_insert_rcu, and the code inbetween does not need to be covered by the rcu read lock as the sta entry has not been added to the list yet.
It should be correct though, unless I'm missing something...

- Felix
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