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| author | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2010-06-21 17:14:07 -0400 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2010-08-10 11:09:21 -0700 |
| commit | 1a0528f57734493e588229266130c247a8e26ac2 (patch) | |
| tree | d41b40a32ce4087f0398082ad12b46c1dba4db27 /kernel | |
| parent | bfcd88d2b16638f74957a78c787e0284d7080284 (diff) | |
mac80211: avoid scheduling while atomic in mesh_rx_plink_frame
commit c937019761a758f2749b1f3a032b7a91fb044753 upstream.
While mesh_rx_plink_frame holds sta->lock...
mesh_rx_plink_frame ->
mesh_plink_inc_estab_count ->
ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify
...but ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify is allowed to sleep. A driver
taking advantage of that allowance can cause a scheduling while
atomic bug. Similar paths exist for mesh_plink_dec_estab_count,
so work around those as well.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16099
Also, correct a minor kerneldoc comment error (mismatched function names).
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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