| commit | db7fb86b0ca565cf3537401612581a8158025cc2 | |
| author | Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> | |
| Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:28:04 +0000 (11 11:28 +0100) | ||
| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | |
| Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:49:53 +0000 (12 16:49 -0500) | ||
| tree | 67da233b8a1958328eb73d39ceecf6fc11c8b30a | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | 8f7c41d4cec91cdbfa89b4a77d5a628938875366 | commitdiff |
mac80211: fix notify_mac function
The ieee80211_notify_mac() function uses ieee80211_sta_req_auth() which
in turn calls ieee80211_set_disassoc() which calls a few functions that
need to be able to sleep, so ieee80211_notify_mac() cannot use RCU
locking for the interface list and must use rtnl locking instead.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
The ieee80211_notify_mac() function uses ieee80211_sta_req_auth() which
in turn calls ieee80211_set_disassoc() which calls a few functions that
need to be able to sleep, so ieee80211_notify_mac() cannot use RCU
locking for the interface list and must use rtnl locking instead.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
| net/mac80211/mlme.c | diffblobblamehistory |