ath9k: Use mutex_lock to avoid potential race in start/stop rng
authorMiaoqing Pan <miaoqing@codeaurora.org>
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:31:55 +0000 (17:31 +0300)
committerKalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:54:43 +0000 (19:54 +0300)
Move ath9k_rng_stop/ath9k_rng_start pair into critical section,
use mutex_lock to void potential race accessing.

Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c

index 9e65d14e7b1e4984e566ef2ed29b0a2fd7bbf56f..8b4ac7f0a09b70a78fc9b8b86bbd1cf0c990d7fb 100644 (file)
@@ -731,12 +731,12 @@ static int ath9k_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 
        spin_unlock_bh(&sc->sc_pcu_lock);
 
+       ath9k_rng_start(sc);
+
        mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex);
 
        ath9k_ps_restore(sc);
 
-       ath9k_rng_start(sc);
-
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -826,10 +826,10 @@ static void ath9k_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 
        ath9k_deinit_channel_context(sc);
 
-       ath9k_rng_stop(sc);
-
        mutex_lock(&sc->mutex);
 
+       ath9k_rng_stop(sc);
+
        ath_cancel_work(sc);
 
        if (test_bit(ATH_OP_INVALID, &common->op_flags)) {