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Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless/core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/core.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c index ff9615a7ee7..9c21ebf9780 100644 --- a/net/wireless/core.c +++ b/net/wireless/core.c @@ -480,12 +480,10 @@ int wiphy_register(struct wiphy *wiphy) mutex_lock(&cfg80211_mutex); res = device_add(&rdev->wiphy.dev); - if (res) - goto out_unlock; - - res = rfkill_register(rdev->rfkill); - if (res) - goto out_rm_dev; + if (res) { + mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex); + return res; + } /* set up regulatory info */ wiphy_update_regulatory(wiphy, NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_CORE); @@ -514,13 +512,18 @@ int wiphy_register(struct wiphy *wiphy) cfg80211_debugfs_rdev_add(rdev); mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex); + /* + * due to a locking dependency this has to be outside of the + * cfg80211_mutex lock + */ + res = rfkill_register(rdev->rfkill); + if (res) + goto out_rm_dev; + return 0; out_rm_dev: device_del(&rdev->wiphy.dev); - -out_unlock: - mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex); return res; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(wiphy_register); |