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-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h3
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/util.c7
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 1470e1b886f..4cc5b1c8a4f 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1411,10 +1411,9 @@ void ieee80211_scan_completed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
*
* This function iterates over the interfaces associated with a given
* hardware that are currently active and calls the callback for them.
- * Must be called under RTNL.
*
* @hw: the hardware struct of which the interfaces should be iterated over
- * @iterator: the iterator function to call
+ * @iterator: the iterator function to call, cannot sleep
* @data: first argument of the iterator function
*/
void ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 5227c16f113..7b278e9aa1a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -482,10 +482,9 @@ void ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_local *local = hw_to_local(hw);
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
- ASSERT_RTNL();
+ rcu_read_lock();
- /* we hold the RTNL here so can safely walk the list */
- list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) {
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) {
switch (sdata->type) {
case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_INVALID:
case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MNTR:
@@ -503,5 +502,7 @@ void ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
iterator(data, sdata->dev->dev_addr,
sdata->dev->ifindex);
}
+
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces);