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SubjectRe: 2.6.35-rc2-git1 - net/mac80211/sta_info.c:125 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
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On Mon, 2010-06-07 at 16:59 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 02:25:44PM -0400, Miles Lane wrote:
> > [ 43.478812] [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
> > [ 43.478815] ---------------------------------------------------
> > [ 43.478820] net/mac80211/sta_info.c:125 invoked
> > rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
> > [ 43.478824]
> > [ 43.478824] other info that might help us debug this:
> > [ 43.478826]
> > [ 43.478829]
> > [ 43.478830] rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
> > [ 43.478834] no locks held by NetworkManager/4017.
>
> Hmmm... Johannes's update has been merged, and it requires that callers
> either be in an RCU read-side critical section or hold either the
> ->sta_lock or the ->sta_mtx, and this thread does none of this.
>
> Johannes, any thoughts?
>
> Thanx, Paul
>
> > [ 43.478837] stack backtrace:
> > [ 43.478842] Pid: 4017, comm: NetworkManager Not tainted 2.6.35-rc2-git1 #8
> > [ 43.478846] Call Trace:
> > [ 43.478849] <IRQ> [<ffffffff81064e9c>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x9d/0xa5
> > [ 43.478876] [<ffffffffa010cb3c>] sta_info_get_bss+0x71/0x12d [mac80211]
> > [ 43.478889] [<ffffffffa010cc0d>] ieee80211_find_sta+0x15/0x2f [mac80211]
> > [ 43.478902] [<ffffffffa019ae16>] iwlagn_tx_queue_reclaim+0xe7/0x1bb [iwlagn]

iwlwifi wasn't using rcu protection here -- already sent a patch fixing
it. My mistake, I think. Thanks for checking :)

johannes



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