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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: Fix mutex locking in reg_last_request_cell_base

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Hi Luca,

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Luciano Coelho <coelho@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-07-18 at 18:11 +0530, Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan wrote:
>> From: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mohammed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> should fix the following issue
>>
>>       [ 3229.815012] [ BUG: lock held when returning to user space! ]
>>       [ 3229.815016] 3.5.0-rc7-wl #28 Tainted: G        W  O
>>       [ 3229.815017]
>>       ------------------------------------------------
>>       [ 3229.815019] wpa_supplicant/5783 is leaving the kernel with locks still held!
>>       [ 3229.815022] 1 lock held by wpa_supplicant/5783:
>>       [ 3229.815023]  #0: (reg_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<fa65834d>]
>>       reg_last_request_cell_base+0x1d/0x60 [cfg80211]
>>
>> Cc: Luis Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mohammed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>
> Tested-by: Luciano Coelho <coelho@xxxxxx>
>
> This actually also fixes a similar circular lock dependency bug when
> starting AP mode with hostapd (which is the case I tested this patch
> on): http://pastebin.com/AVczE1Ej

thanks !

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