This patch fixes an issue to set address configuration with ioctl.
Accessing the mib requires rtnl lock and the ndo_do_ioctl doesn't hold
the rtnl lock while this callback is called. This patch do that
manually.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Matteo Petracca <matteo.petracca@xxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac802154/iface.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac802154/iface.c b/net/mac802154/iface.c
index 91b75ab..2a58788 100644
--- a/net/mac802154/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac802154/iface.c
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ mac802154_wpan_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
(struct sockaddr_ieee802154 *)&ifr->ifr_addr;
int err = -ENOIOCTLCMD;
- ASSERT_RTNL();
-
+ rtnl_lock();
spin_lock_bh(&sdata->mib_lock);
switch (cmd) {
@@ -90,6 +89,7 @@ mac802154_wpan_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
case SIOCSIFADDR:
if (netif_running(dev)) {
spin_unlock_bh(&sdata->mib_lock);
+ rtnl_unlock();
return -EBUSY;
}
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ mac802154_wpan_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
}
spin_unlock_bh(&sdata->mib_lock);
+ rtnl_unlock();
return err;
}
--
2.3.7
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