From: Tom Hughes <tom@xxxxxxxxxx> 3.4.111-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ commit 4479004e6409087d1b4986881dc98c6c15dffb28 upstream. If we don't do this, and we then fail to recreate the debugfs directory during a mode change, then we will fail later trying to add stations to this now bogus directory: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000006c IP: [<c0a92202>] mutex_lock+0x12/0x30 Call Trace: [<c0678ab4>] start_creating+0x44/0xc0 [<c0679203>] debugfs_create_dir+0x13/0xf0 [<f8a938ae>] ieee80211_sta_debugfs_add+0x6e/0x490 [mac80211] Signed-off-by: Tom Hughes <tom@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> [lizf: Backported to 3.4: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Zefan Li <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c index d5404cc..fa4a689 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c +++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c @@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ void ieee80211_debugfs_remove_netdev(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) debugfs_remove_recursive(sdata->debugfs.dir); sdata->debugfs.dir = NULL; + sdata->debugfs.subdir_stations = NULL; } void ieee80211_debugfs_rename_netdev(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html