Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:58:06 -0800 | From | Chris Wright <> | Subject | [patch 15/32] softmac: fix unbalanced mutex_lock/unlock in ieee80211softmac_wx_set_mlme |
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-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------
From: Maxime Austruy <maxime@tralhalla.org>
Routine ieee80211softmac_wx_set_mlme has one return that fails to release a mutex acquired at entry.
Signed-off-by: Maxime Austruy <maxime@tralhalla.org> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> ---
John and Chris,
This error was introduced in the 2.6.19-rxX series and must be applied to 2.6.19-stable and wireless-2.6.
Larry
net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- linux-2.6.19.orig/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c +++ linux-2.6.19/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c @@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ ieee80211softmac_wx_set_mlme(struct net_ printk(KERN_DEBUG PFX "wx_set_mlme: we should know the net here...\n"); goto out; } - return ieee80211softmac_deauth_req(mac, net, reason); + err = ieee80211softmac_deauth_req(mac, net, reason); + goto out; case IW_MLME_DISASSOC: ieee80211softmac_send_disassoc_req(mac, reason); mac->associnfo.associated = 0; -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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