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authorAlan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk>2009-04-29 11:41:24 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-04-29 16:48:33 -0400
commitd4c4a9a1bce1912ed5681251f0037fd4f2364a3e (patch)
tree85c5631e48bf75bfdb3e52634a983e4f7c46f06d /net
parentb7fcb5c4a4c27da2f6d86cb03d18687e537442cf (diff)
mac80211: fix modprobe deadlock by not calling wep_init under rtnl_lock
- ieee80211_wep_init(), which is called with rtnl_lock held, blocks in request_module() [waiting for modprobe to load a crypto module]. - modprobe blocks in a call to flush_workqueue(), when it closes a TTY [presumably when it exits]. - The workqueue item linkwatch_event() blocks on rtnl_lock. There's no reason for wep_init() to be called with rtnl_lock held, so just move it outside the critical section. Signed-off-by: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/main.c19
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index fbcbed6cad0..00968c2d22b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -909,6 +909,13 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
if (result < 0)
goto fail_sta_info;
+ result = ieee80211_wep_init(local);
+ if (result < 0) {
+ printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Failed to initialize wep: %d\n",
+ wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy), result);
+ goto fail_wep;
+ }
+
rtnl_lock();
result = dev_alloc_name(local->mdev, local->mdev->name);
if (result < 0)
@@ -930,14 +937,6 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
goto fail_rate;
}
- result = ieee80211_wep_init(local);
-
- if (result < 0) {
- printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Failed to initialize wep: %d\n",
- wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy), result);
- goto fail_wep;
- }
-
/* add one default STA interface if supported */
if (local->hw.wiphy->interface_modes & BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)) {
result = ieee80211_if_add(local, "wlan%d", NULL,
@@ -967,13 +966,13 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
return 0;
-fail_wep:
- rate_control_deinitialize(local);
fail_rate:
unregister_netdevice(local->mdev);
local->mdev = NULL;
fail_dev:
rtnl_unlock();
+ ieee80211_wep_free(local);
+fail_wep:
sta_info_stop(local);
fail_sta_info:
debugfs_hw_del(local);