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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: really ignore the regulatory request

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Luis, ping?

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 03:52:07PM +0200, Sven Neumann wrote:
> At the beginning of wiphy_update_regulatory() a check is performed
> whether the request is to be ignored. Then the request is sent to
> the driver nevertheless. This happens even if last_request points
> to NULL, leading to a crash in the driver:
> 
>  [<bf01d864>] (lbs_set_11d_domain_info+0x28/0x1e4 [libertas]) from [<c03b714c>] (wiphy_update_regulatory+0x4d0/0x4f4)
>  [<c03b714c>] (wiphy_update_regulatory+0x4d0/0x4f4) from [<c03b4008>] (wiphy_register+0x354/0x420)
>  [<c03b4008>] (wiphy_register+0x354/0x420) from [<bf01b17c>] (lbs_cfg_register+0x80/0x164 [libertas])
>  [<bf01b17c>] (lbs_cfg_register+0x80/0x164 [libertas]) from [<bf020e64>] (lbs_start_card+0x20/0x88 [libertas])
>  [<bf020e64>] (lbs_start_card+0x20/0x88 [libertas]) from [<bf02cbd8>] (if_sdio_probe+0x898/0x9c0 [libertas_sdio])
> 
> Fix this by returning early. Also remove the out: label as it is
> not any longer needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sven Neumann <s.neumann@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Mack <daniel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/wireless/reg.c |    5 +++--
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
> index 1ad0f39..4453eb7 100644
> --- a/net/wireless/reg.c
> +++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
> @@ -1125,12 +1125,13 @@ void wiphy_update_regulatory(struct wiphy *wiphy,
>  	enum ieee80211_band band;
>  
>  	if (ignore_reg_update(wiphy, initiator))
> -		goto out;
> +		return;
> +
>  	for (band = 0; band < IEEE80211_NUM_BANDS; band++) {
>  		if (wiphy->bands[band])
>  			handle_band(wiphy, band, initiator);
>  	}
> -out:
> +
>  	reg_process_beacons(wiphy);
>  	reg_process_ht_flags(wiphy);
>  	if (wiphy->reg_notifier)
> -- 
> 1.7.1
> 
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