This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
staging: vt6656: [bug] Fix missing spin lock in iwctl_siwpower.
to the 3.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
staging-vt6656-fix-missing-spin-lock-in-iwctl_siwpower.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 91ec61f8f01cf32868e2ed2fa96a299e77964055 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 01:44:25 +0100
Subject: staging: vt6656: [bug] Fix missing spin lock in iwctl_siwpower.
From: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 91ec61f8f01cf32868e2ed2fa96a299e77964055 upstream.
Fixes occasional dead lock on power up / down.
spin_lock_irq is used because of unlocking with spin_unlock_irq
elsewhere in the driver.
Only relevant to kernels 3.8 and later when command was
transferred to the iw_handler.
Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/vt6656/iwctl.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/iwctl.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/iwctl.c
@@ -1348,9 +1348,12 @@ int iwctl_siwpower(struct net_device *de
return rc;
}
+ spin_lock_irq(&pDevice->lock);
+
if (wrq->disabled) {
pDevice->ePSMode = WMAC_POWER_CAM;
PSvDisablePowerSaving(pDevice);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&pDevice->lock);
return rc;
}
if ((wrq->flags & IW_POWER_TYPE) == IW_POWER_TIMEOUT) {
@@ -1361,6 +1364,9 @@ int iwctl_siwpower(struct net_device *de
pDevice->ePSMode = WMAC_POWER_FAST;
PSvEnablePowerSaving((void *)pDevice, pMgmt->wListenInterval);
}
+
+ spin_unlock_irq(&pDevice->lock);
+
switch (wrq->flags & IW_POWER_MODE) {
case IW_POWER_UNICAST_R:
DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO " SIOCSIWPOWER: IW_POWER_UNICAST_R \n");
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tvboxspy@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.9/staging-vt6656-fix-missing-spin-lock-in-iwctl_siwpower.patch
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