mac80211: modify beacon using sdata/wdev-lock, not rtnl lock
authorSimon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:19:50 +0000 (18:19 +0100)
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:51:53 +0000 (11:51 +0100)
The csa finalize worker needs to change the beacon information (for
different modes). These are normally protected under rtnl lock, but the
csa finalize worker is called by drivers and should not acquire the RTNL
lock. Therefore change access protection for beacons to sdata/wdev lock.

Reported-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
[fix sdata_dereference]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
net/mac80211/cfg.c
net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h

index 267d3aca9947f6055ca739317fb60f479455ff70..4a5c21ed64d168b1202d1cd057bea8ef76bb43d4 100644 (file)
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ static int ieee80211_set_probe_resp(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
        if (!resp || !resp_len)
                return 1;
 
-       old = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.probe_resp);
+       old = sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.probe_resp, sdata);
 
        new = kzalloc(sizeof(struct probe_resp) + resp_len, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!new)
@@ -881,7 +881,8 @@ int ieee80211_assign_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
        int size, err;
        u32 changed = BSS_CHANGED_BEACON;
 
-       old = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon);
+       old = sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon, sdata);
+
 
        /* Need to have a beacon head if we don't have one yet */
        if (!params->head && !old)
@@ -958,7 +959,7 @@ static int ieee80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
                      BSS_CHANGED_P2P_PS;
        int err;
 
-       old = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon);
+       old = sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon, sdata);
        if (old)
                return -EALREADY;
 
@@ -1020,7 +1021,8 @@ static int ieee80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 
        err = drv_start_ap(sdata->local, sdata);
        if (err) {
-               old = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon);
+               old = sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon, sdata);
+
                if (old)
                        kfree_rcu(old, rcu_head);
                RCU_INIT_POINTER(sdata->u.ap.beacon, NULL);
@@ -1051,7 +1053,7 @@ static int ieee80211_change_beacon(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
        if (sdata->vif.csa_active)
                return -EBUSY;
 
-       old = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon);
+       old = sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon, sdata);
        if (!old)
                return -ENOENT;
 
@@ -1071,10 +1073,10 @@ static int ieee80211_stop_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev)
        struct probe_resp *old_probe_resp;
        struct cfg80211_chan_def chandef;
 
-       old_beacon = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon);
+       old_beacon = sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon, sdata);
        if (!old_beacon)
                return -ENOENT;
-       old_probe_resp = rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.probe_resp);
+       old_probe_resp = sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.probe_resp, sdata);
 
        /* abort any running channel switch */
        sdata->vif.csa_active = false;
@@ -1975,7 +1977,7 @@ static int ieee80211_change_bss(struct wiphy *wiphy,
        enum ieee80211_band band;
        u32 changed = 0;
 
-       if (!rtnl_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon))
+       if (!sdata_dereference(sdata->u.ap.beacon, sdata))
                return -ENOENT;
 
        band = ieee80211_get_sdata_band(sdata);
@@ -3045,6 +3047,8 @@ static int ieee80211_channel_switch(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
        struct ieee80211_if_mesh __maybe_unused *ifmsh;
        int err, num_chanctx;
 
+       lockdep_assert_held(&sdata->wdev.mtx);
+
        if (!list_empty(&local->roc_list) || local->scanning)
                return -EBUSY;
 
index 834f0eb3e4200afe02c1f31dee8c0cb56d3ca203..32bae218d6e58b56b802d98955d46fea38935eeb 100644 (file)
@@ -813,6 +813,9 @@ static inline void sdata_unlock(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
        __release(&sdata->wdev.mtx);
 }
 
+#define sdata_dereference(p, sdata) \
+       rcu_dereference_protected(p, lockdep_is_held(&sdata->wdev.mtx))
+
 static inline void
 sdata_assert_lock(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 {