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authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2010-10-07 10:55:24 (GMT)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-10-07 18:41:27 (GMT)
commit7b99a7c2dab7efe7c265b66fedbf3444958ebfe3 (patch)
treed45093d306d686d4cb0cdc391c6895f372b20495 /net/mac80211/scan.c
parent4b34d432b0fcff422304de4eb49d6da861fe335c (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-7b99a7c2dab7efe7c265b66fedbf3444958ebfe3.tar.xz
mac80211: fix sw scan locking
The recent scan overhaul broke locking because now we can jump to code that attempts to unlock, while we don't have the mutex held. Fix this by holding the mutex around all the relevant code. Reported-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/mac80211/scan.c')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/scan.c3
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c
index 523db93..fb274db 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/scan.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c
@@ -681,8 +681,6 @@ void ieee80211_scan_work(struct work_struct *work)
goto out_complete;
}
- mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);
-
/*
* as long as no delay is required advance immediately
* without scheduling a new work
@@ -713,6 +711,7 @@ void ieee80211_scan_work(struct work_struct *work)
} while (next_delay == 0);
ieee80211_queue_delayed_work(&local->hw, &local->scan_work, next_delay);
+ mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);
return;
out_complete: