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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: fix non RCU-safe sta_list manipulation

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On Sun, 2012-06-03 at 23:32 +0300, Arik Nemtsov wrote:
> sta_info_cleanup locks the sta_list using rcu_read_lock however
> the delete operation isn't rcu safe. A race between sta_info_cleanup
> timer being called and a STA being removed can occur which leads
> to a panic while traversing sta_list. Fix this by switching to the
> RCU-safe versions.

Good catch!

johannes


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