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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2009-04-23 01:02:51 +0400
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-05-06 23:14:29 +0400
commitd5edaedc16ebd0635435dec068d49e07a76ba7d9 (patch)
tree0d6215a5128a72e82f76a51b112d99a0a2bd7bd5
parent0e41f715c04f85a40ae6531d660be2241717be1c (diff)
downloadlinux-d5edaedc16ebd0635435dec068d49e07a76ba7d9.tar.xz
mac80211: fix PS vs. scan race
When somebody changes the PS parameters while scanning is in progress, we enable PS -- during the scan. This is clearly not desirable, and we can just abort enabling PS when scanning since when the scan finishes it will be taken care of. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Reviewed-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/mlme.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 3610c11286bc..2029b71eb879 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -487,6 +487,13 @@ static void ieee80211_enable_ps(struct ieee80211_local *local,
{
struct ieee80211_conf *conf = &local->hw.conf;
+ /*
+ * If we are scanning right now then the parameters will
+ * take effect when scan finishes.
+ */
+ if (local->hw_scanning || local->sw_scanning)
+ return;
+
if (conf->dynamic_ps_timeout > 0 &&
!(local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_PS)) {
mod_timer(&local->dynamic_ps_timer, jiffies +