Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Jan 2015 10:27:27 +0100 | From | Michael Büsch <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] drivers:net:wireless: Add proper locking for the function, b43_op_beacon_set_tim in main.c |
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2015 02:34:01 -0500 Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@gmail.com> wrote:
> This adds proper locking for the function, b43_op_beacon_set_tim in main.c by using the mutex lock > in the structure pointer wl, as embedded into this pointer as a mutex in order to protect against > multiple access to the pointer wl when updating the templates for this pointer in the function, > b43_update_templates internally in the function, b43_op_beacon_set_tim. > > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@gmail.com> > --- > drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c > index 47731cb..d568fc8 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c > @@ -5094,8 +5094,9 @@ static int b43_op_beacon_set_tim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, > { > struct b43_wl *wl = hw_to_b43_wl(hw); > > - /* FIXME: add locking */ > + mutex_lock(&wl->mutex); > b43_update_templates(wl); > + mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex); > > return 0; > }
Thanks for the patch.
However, this does not work. We are in atomic context here. Please see the b43-dev mailing list archives for a recent thread about that. I'm also pretty sure that this is safe without lock, due to the higher level locks in mac80211.
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