From 28104cae63708d1790cd71db8a45af50d5ea5a92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Javier Cardona Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 16:57:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: Move call to mpp_path_lookup inside RCU-read section PROVE_RCU caught that one: [ 431.214070] =================================================== [ 431.215341] [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ] [ 431.215674] --------------------------------------------------- [ 431.216043] net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c:184 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection! Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- net/mac80211/tx.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c index e1a39ed1ef5..c9f12113ca6 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/tx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c @@ -1751,6 +1751,7 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, ret = NETDEV_TX_OK; goto fail; } + rcu_read_lock(); if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(skb->data)) mppath = mpp_path_lookup(skb->data, sdata); @@ -1765,13 +1766,13 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, !(mppath && compare_ether_addr(mppath->mpp, skb->data))) { hdrlen = ieee80211_fill_mesh_addresses(&hdr, &fc, skb->data, skb->data + ETH_ALEN); + rcu_read_unlock(); meshhdrlen = ieee80211_new_mesh_header(&mesh_hdr, sdata, NULL, NULL); } else { int is_mesh_mcast = 1; const u8 *mesh_da; - rcu_read_lock(); if (is_multicast_ether_addr(skb->data)) /* DA TA mSA AE:SA */ mesh_da = skb->data; -- 2.11.4.GIT