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-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/sta_info.c29
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index 7e1e87257647..bfdaf5c82f9d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ int sta_info_insert(struct sta_info *sta)
* NOTE: due to auto-freeing semantics this may only be done
* if the insertion is successful!
*/
- queue_work(local->hw.workqueue, &local->sta_debugfs_add);
+ schedule_work(&local->sta_debugfs_add);
#endif
if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sdata->vif))
@@ -476,16 +476,23 @@ void __sta_info_unlink(struct sta_info **sta)
*
* The rules are not trivial, but not too complex either:
* (1) pin_status is only modified under the sta_lock
- * (2) sta_info_debugfs_add_work() will set the status
+ * (2) STAs may only be pinned under the RTNL so that
+ * sta_info_flush() is guaranteed to actually destroy
+ * all STAs that are active for a given interface, this
+ * is required for correctness because otherwise we
+ * could notify a driver that an interface is going
+ * away and only after that (!) notify it about a STA
+ * on that interface going away.
+ * (3) sta_info_debugfs_add_work() will set the status
* to PINNED when it found an item that needs a new
* debugfs directory created. In that case, that item
* must not be freed although all *RCU* users are done
* with it. Hence, we tell the caller of _unlink()
* that the item is already gone (as can happen when
* two tasks try to unlink/destroy at the same time)
- * (3) We set the pin_status to DESTROY here when we
+ * (4) We set the pin_status to DESTROY here when we
* find such an item.
- * (4) sta_info_debugfs_add_work() will reset the pin_status
+ * (5) sta_info_debugfs_add_work() will reset the pin_status
* from PINNED to NORMAL when it is done with the item,
* but will check for DESTROY before resetting it in
* which case it will free the item.
@@ -617,6 +624,8 @@ static void sta_info_debugfs_add_work(struct work_struct *work)
struct sta_info *sta, *tmp;
unsigned long flags;
+ /* We need to keep the RTNL across the whole pinned status. */
+ rtnl_lock();
while (1) {
sta = NULL;
@@ -637,10 +646,9 @@ static void sta_info_debugfs_add_work(struct work_struct *work)
rate_control_add_sta_debugfs(sta);
sta = __sta_info_unpin(sta);
- rtnl_lock();
sta_info_destroy(sta);
- rtnl_unlock();
}
+ rtnl_unlock();
}
#endif
@@ -700,6 +708,15 @@ void sta_info_stop(struct ieee80211_local *local)
{
del_timer(&local->sta_cleanup);
cancel_work_sync(&local->sta_flush_work);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
+ /*
+ * Make sure the debugfs adding work isn't pending after this
+ * because we're about to be destroyed. It doesn't matter
+ * whether it ran or not since we're going to flush all STAs
+ * anyway.
+ */
+ cancel_work_sync(&local->sta_debugfs_add);
+#endif
rtnl_lock();
sta_info_flush(local, NULL);