From: Bob Copeland Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:44:16 +0000 (-0500) Subject: ath5k: fix locking in ath5k_config X-Git-Tag: v2.6.29-rc4~91^2~14^2 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=be0093705c3ce98d73cac0ca8f93ea105cdf4e9c;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git ath5k: fix locking in ath5k_config ath5k_config updates the software context without taking sc->lock. Changes-licensed-under: 3-Clause-BSD Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland Acked-by: Nick Kossifidis Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c index 8ef87356e08..a533ed60bb4 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/base.c @@ -1028,6 +1028,8 @@ ath5k_setup_bands(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) * it's done by reseting the chip. To accomplish this we must * first cleanup any pending DMA, then restart stuff after a la * ath5k_init. + * + * Called with sc->lock. */ static int ath5k_chan_set(struct ath5k_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_channel *chan) @@ -2814,11 +2816,17 @@ ath5k_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed) { struct ath5k_softc *sc = hw->priv; struct ieee80211_conf *conf = &hw->conf; + int ret; + + mutex_lock(&sc->lock); sc->bintval = conf->beacon_int; sc->power_level = conf->power_level; - return ath5k_chan_set(sc, conf->channel); + ret = ath5k_chan_set(sc, conf->channel); + + mutex_unlock(&sc->lock); + return ret; } static int