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authorLuis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>2010-10-20 16:07:04 -0700
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-10-27 15:41:14 -0400
commit7583c550c3e635dcc61ab127c36ecefd59fb8dc8 (patch)
tree6f6ba84e24622bc0c15e81b3510e28bf234a87a9 /drivers/net
parent1e450285281bdf766272c181ecd43d4f2f0711ce (diff)
ath9k: add locking for starting the PCU on RX
There was some locking for starting some parts of RX but not for starting the PCU. Include this otherwise we can content against stopping the PCU. This can potentially lead to races against different buffers on the PCU which can lead to to the DMA RX engine writing to buffers which are already freed. This is part of a series that will help resolve the bug: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14624 For more details about this issue refer to: http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=128629803703756&w=2 Cc: stable@kernel.org Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> Cc: Kyungwan Nam <kyungwan.nam@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Tested-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
index e581b1f6c40..b3c9baf855c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -297,11 +297,11 @@ static void ath_edma_start_recv(struct ath_softc *sc)
ath_rx_addbuffer_edma(sc, ATH9K_RX_QUEUE_LP,
sc->rx.rx_edma[ATH9K_RX_QUEUE_LP].rx_fifo_hwsize);
- spin_unlock_bh(&sc->rx.rxbuflock);
-
ath_opmode_init(sc);
ath9k_hw_startpcureceive(sc->sc_ah, (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_OFFCHANNEL));
+
+ spin_unlock_bh(&sc->rx.rxbuflock);
}
static void ath_edma_stop_recv(struct ath_softc *sc)
@@ -504,10 +504,11 @@ int ath_startrecv(struct ath_softc *sc)
ath9k_hw_rxena(ah);
start_recv:
- spin_unlock_bh(&sc->rx.rxbuflock);
ath_opmode_init(sc);
ath9k_hw_startpcureceive(ah, (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_OFFCHANNEL));
+ spin_unlock_bh(&sc->rx.rxbuflock);
+
return 0;
}