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| author | Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk> | 2009-04-29 14:41:24 +0400 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2009-04-30 00:48:33 +0400 |
| commit | d4c4a9a1bce1912ed5681251f0037fd4f2364a3e (patch) | |
| tree | 85c5631e48bf75bfdb3e52634a983e4f7c46f06d /net | |
| parent | b7fcb5c4a4c27da2f6d86cb03d18687e537442cf (diff) | |
| download | linux-d4c4a9a1bce1912ed5681251f0037fd4f2364a3e.tar.xz | |
mac80211: fix modprobe deadlock by not calling wep_init under rtnl_lock
- ieee80211_wep_init(), which is called with rtnl_lock held, blocks in
request_module() [waiting for modprobe to load a crypto module].
- modprobe blocks in a call to flush_workqueue(), when it closes a TTY
[presumably when it exits].
- The workqueue item linkwatch_event() blocks on rtnl_lock.
There's no reason for wep_init() to be called with rtnl_lock held, so
just move it outside the critical section.
Signed-off-by: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/main.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c index fbcbed6cad01..00968c2d22bb 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/main.c +++ b/net/mac80211/main.c @@ -909,6 +909,13 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) if (result < 0) goto fail_sta_info; + result = ieee80211_wep_init(local); + if (result < 0) { + printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Failed to initialize wep: %d\n", + wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy), result); + goto fail_wep; + } + rtnl_lock(); result = dev_alloc_name(local->mdev, local->mdev->name); if (result < 0) @@ -930,14 +937,6 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) goto fail_rate; } - result = ieee80211_wep_init(local); - - if (result < 0) { - printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Failed to initialize wep: %d\n", - wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy), result); - goto fail_wep; - } - /* add one default STA interface if supported */ if (local->hw.wiphy->interface_modes & BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)) { result = ieee80211_if_add(local, "wlan%d", NULL, @@ -967,13 +966,13 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) return 0; -fail_wep: - rate_control_deinitialize(local); fail_rate: unregister_netdevice(local->mdev); local->mdev = NULL; fail_dev: rtnl_unlock(); + ieee80211_wep_free(local); +fail_wep: sta_info_stop(local); fail_sta_info: debugfs_hw_del(local); |