Return-path: Received: from wolverine02.qualcomm.com ([199.106.114.251]:38603 "EHLO wolverine02.qualcomm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752699Ab2GRMlh (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:41:37 -0400 From: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan To: Johannes Berg CC: , Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan , Luis Rodriguez Subject: [PATCH] cfg80211: Fix mutex locking in reg_last_request_cell_base Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:11:29 +0530 Message-ID: <1342615289-3088-1-git-send-email-mohammed@qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20120718_144142_070626_4C7A6B9F) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan should fix the following issue [ 3229.815012] [ BUG: lock held when returning to user space! ] [ 3229.815016] 3.5.0-rc7-wl #28 Tainted: G W O [ 3229.815017] ------------------------------------------------ [ 3229.815019] wpa_supplicant/5783 is leaving the kernel with locks still held! [ 3229.815022] 1 lock held by wpa_supplicant/5783: [ 3229.815023] #0: (reg_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [] reg_last_request_cell_base+0x1d/0x60 [cfg80211] Cc: Luis Rodriguez Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan --- net/wireless/reg.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c index dbb01df..2303ee7 100644 --- a/net/wireless/reg.c +++ b/net/wireless/reg.c @@ -929,11 +929,13 @@ static bool reg_request_cell_base(struct regulatory_request *request) bool reg_last_request_cell_base(void) { + bool val; assert_cfg80211_lock(); mutex_lock(®_mutex); - return reg_request_cell_base(last_request); + val = reg_request_cell_base(last_request); mutex_unlock(®_mutex); + return val; } #ifdef CONFIG_CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS -- 1.7.0.4