Patch "mac80211: release the channel in error path in start_ap" has been added to the 3.10-stable tree

[<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    mac80211: release the channel in error path in start_ap

to the 3.10-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:
     mac80211-release-the-channel-in-error-path-in-start_ap.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.


>From 0297ea17bf7879fb5846fafd1be4c0471e72848d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:07:42 +0200
Subject: mac80211: release the channel in error path in start_ap

From: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 0297ea17bf7879fb5846fafd1be4c0471e72848d upstream.

When the driver cannot start the AP or when the assignement
of the beacon goes wrong, we need to unassign the vif.

Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 net/mac80211/cfg.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -975,8 +975,10 @@ static int ieee80211_start_ap(struct wip
 					IEEE80211_P2P_OPPPS_ENABLE_BIT;
 
 	err = ieee80211_assign_beacon(sdata, &params->beacon);
-	if (err < 0)
+	if (err < 0) {
+		ieee80211_vif_release_channel(sdata);
 		return err;
+	}
 	changed |= err;
 
 	err = drv_start_ap(sdata->local, sdata);
@@ -985,6 +987,7 @@ static int ieee80211_start_ap(struct wip
 		if (old)
 			kfree_rcu(old, rcu_head);
 		RCU_INIT_POINTER(sdata->u.ap.beacon, NULL);
+		ieee80211_vif_release_channel(sdata);
 		return err;
 	}
 


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx are

queue-3.10/mac80211-release-the-channel-in-error-path-in-start_ap.patch
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