Merge tag 'v3.10.101' into update

[GitHub/mt8127/android_kernel_alcatel_ttab.git] / net / wireless / wext-core.c

diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-core.c b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
index c8717c1d082e702f9b071c480e873b408b400daf..87dd619fb2e92917cbd348286a6082c33a51906d 100644 (file)
--- a/net/wireless/wext-core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
@@ -342,6 +342,39 @@ static const int compat_event_type_size[] = {
 
 /* IW event code */
 
+static void wireless_nlevent_flush(void)
+{
+       struct sk_buff *skb;
+       struct net *net;
+
+       ASSERT_RTNL();
+
+       for_each_net(net) {
+               while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&net->wext_nlevents)))
+                       rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL,
+                                   GFP_KERNEL);
+       }
+}
+
+static int wext_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb,
+                                    unsigned long state, void *ptr)
+{
+       /*
+        * When a netdev changes state in any way, flush all pending messages
+        * to avoid them going out in a strange order, e.g. RTM_NEWLINK after
+        * RTM_DELLINK, or with IFF_UP after without IFF_UP during dev_close()
+        * or similar - all of which could otherwise happen due to delays from
+        * schedule_work().
+        */
+       wireless_nlevent_flush();
+
+       return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block wext_netdev_notifier = {
+       .notifier_call = wext_netdev_notifier_call,
+};
+
 static int __net_init wext_pernet_init(struct net *net)
 {
        skb_queue_head_init(&net->wext_nlevents);
@@ -360,7 +393,12 @@ static struct pernet_operations wext_pernet_ops = {
 
 static int __init wireless_nlevent_init(void)
 {
-       return register_pernet_subsys(&wext_pernet_ops);
+       int err = register_pernet_subsys(&wext_pernet_ops);
+
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+
+       return register_netdevice_notifier(&wext_netdev_notifier);
 }
 
 subsys_initcall(wireless_nlevent_init);
@@ -368,17 +406,8 @@ subsys_initcall(wireless_nlevent_init);
 /* Process events generated by the wireless layer or the driver. */
 static void wireless_nlevent_process(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-       struct sk_buff *skb;
-       struct net *net;
-
        rtnl_lock();
-
-       for_each_net(net) {
-               while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&net->wext_nlevents)))
-                       rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL,
-                                   GFP_KERNEL);
-       }
-
+       wireless_nlevent_flush();
        rtnl_unlock();
 }