2007-01-06 02:28:24

by Chris Wright

Subject: [patch 04/50] ieee80211softmac: Fix mutex_lock at exit of ieee80211_softmac_get_genie

-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
------------------

From: Ulrich Kunitz <[email protected]>

ieee80211softmac_wx_get_genie locks the associnfo mutex at
function exit. This patch fixes it. The patch is against Linus'
tree (commit af1713e0).

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Kunitz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <[email protected]>
---
net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-2.6.19.1.orig/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c
+++ linux-2.6.19.1/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ ieee80211softmac_wx_get_genie(struct net
err = -E2BIG;
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mac->lock, flags);
- mutex_lock(&mac->associnfo.mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&mac->associnfo.mutex);

return err;
}

--

2007-01-08 15:35:41

by John W. Linville

Subject: Re: [patch 04/50] ieee80211softmac: Fix mutex_lock at exit of ieee80211_softmac_get_genie

On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 06:27:57PM -0800, Chris Wright wrote:
> -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> ------------------
>
> From: Ulrich Kunitz <[email protected]>
>
> ieee80211softmac_wx_get_genie locks the associnfo mutex at
> function exit. This patch fixes it. The patch is against Linus'
> tree (commit af1713e0).
>
> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Kunitz <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <[email protected]>

ACK

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John W. Linville
[email protected]