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| author | Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> | 2007-12-19 01:03:33 (GMT) |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-01-28 23:09:38 (GMT) |
| commit | 5dfdaf58d61f06a458529430c24b1191ea4d1a27 (patch) | |
| tree | bd3fac57f66e80bf2a31d253af19093f4020ba79 /net/mac80211/ieee80211.c | |
| parent | 51fb61e76d952e6bc2fbdd9f0d38425fbab1cf31 (diff) | |
| download | linux-fsl-qoriq-5dfdaf58d61f06a458529430c24b1191ea4d1a27.tar.xz | |
mac80211: add beacon configuration via cfg80211
This patch implements the cfg80211 hooks for configuring beaconing
on an access point interface in mac80211. While doing so, it fixes
a number of races that could badly crash the machine when the
beacon is changed while being requested by the driver.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/ieee80211.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/ieee80211.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c index c998170..859682e 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c +++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c @@ -321,10 +321,17 @@ static int ieee80211_stop(struct net_device *dev) dev_mc_unsync(local->mdev, dev); - /* down all dependent devices, that is VLANs */ + /* APs need special treatment */ if (sdata->vif.type == IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP) { struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *vlan, *tmp; + struct beacon_data *old_beacon = sdata->u.ap.beacon; + /* remove beacon */ + rcu_assign_pointer(sdata->u.ap.beacon, NULL); + synchronize_rcu(); + kfree(old_beacon); + + /* down all dependent devices, that is VLANs */ list_for_each_entry_safe(vlan, tmp, &sdata->u.ap.vlans, u.vlan.list) dev_close(vlan->dev); |