From 9b9efe7459c14ccb49e87f1bc46289a9a26e8602 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Drake Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 18:41:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] cfg80211: process pending events when unregistering net device commit 1f6fc43e621167492ed4b7f3b4269c584c3d6ccc upstream. libertas currently calls cfg80211_disconnected() when it is being brought down. This causes an event to be allocated, but since the wdev is already removed from the rdev by the time that the event processing work executes, the event is never processed or freed. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/95666 Fix this leak, and other possible situations, by processing the event queue when a device is being unregistered. Thanks to Johannes Berg for the suggestion. Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- net/wireless/core.c | 5 +++++ net/wireless/core.h | 1 + net/wireless/util.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c index a87d435529746..e98ab2f03c3e6 100644 --- a/net/wireless/core.c +++ b/net/wireless/core.c @@ -974,6 +974,11 @@ static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb, */ synchronize_rcu(); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wdev->list); + /* + * Ensure that all events have been processed and + * freed. + */ + cfg80211_process_wdev_events(wdev); break; case NETDEV_PRE_UP: if (!(wdev->wiphy->interface_modes & BIT(wdev->iftype))) diff --git a/net/wireless/core.h b/net/wireless/core.h index 8523f38786775..bc686ef8ae7e6 100644 --- a/net/wireless/core.h +++ b/net/wireless/core.h @@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ int cfg80211_change_iface(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, struct net_device *dev, enum nl80211_iftype ntype, u32 *flags, struct vif_params *params); void cfg80211_process_rdev_events(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev); +void cfg80211_process_wdev_events(struct wireless_dev *wdev); int cfg80211_can_change_interface(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, struct wireless_dev *wdev, diff --git a/net/wireless/util.c b/net/wireless/util.c index 316cfd00914fe..6f13299c0675d 100644 --- a/net/wireless/util.c +++ b/net/wireless/util.c @@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ void cfg80211_upload_connect_keys(struct wireless_dev *wdev) wdev->connect_keys = NULL; } -static void cfg80211_process_wdev_events(struct wireless_dev *wdev) +void cfg80211_process_wdev_events(struct wireless_dev *wdev) { struct cfg80211_event *ev; unsigned long flags; -- 2.47.2