From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> Eliad's comment prompted me to look closer at the error paths in ieee80211_do_open() and I found one that should use the error labels. Also add a comment about the clear_bit since in many error cases the bit hasn't been set. Cc: Eliad Peller <eliad@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/iface.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/net/mac80211/iface.c 2012-04-03 14:41:44.000000000 +0200 +++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c 2012-04-03 14:44:24.000000000 +0200 @@ -349,9 +349,8 @@ static int ieee80211_do_open(struct net_ memcpy(dev->perm_addr, dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN); if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) { - if (!local->open_count) - drv_stop(local); - return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; + res = -EADDRNOTAVAIL; + goto err_stop; } } @@ -485,6 +484,7 @@ static int ieee80211_do_open(struct net_ sdata->bss = NULL; if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN) list_del(&sdata->u.vlan.list); + /* might already be clear but that doesn't matter */ clear_bit(SDATA_STATE_RUNNING, &sdata->state); return res; } -- 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