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Subject[PATCH] libertas: Add spinlock to avoid race condition
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lbs_mac_event_disconnected may free priv->currenttxskb
while lbs_hard_start_xmit accesses to it.
The patch adds a spinlock for mutual exclusion.

Tested on OLPC XO-1 (usb8388) and XO-1.5 (sd8686) with v4.7-rc3.

Confirmed that lbs_mac_event_disconnected is being called on the
station when hostapd on access point is given SIGHUP.

Signed-off-by: Pavel <andrianov@ispras.ru>
Tested-by: James Cameron <quozl@laptop.org>
---
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cmdresp.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cmdresp.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cmdresp.c
index c95bf6d..c67ae07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cmdresp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/cmdresp.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
void lbs_mac_event_disconnected(struct lbs_private *priv,
bool locally_generated)
{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
if (priv->connect_status != LBS_CONNECTED)
return;

@@ -46,9 +48,11 @@ void lbs_mac_event_disconnected(struct lbs_private *priv,
netif_carrier_off(priv->dev);

/* Free Tx and Rx packets */
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->driver_lock, flags);
kfree_skb(priv->currenttxskb);
priv->currenttxskb = NULL;
priv->tx_pending_len = 0;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->driver_lock, flags);

priv->connect_status = LBS_DISCONNECTED;

--
1.7.11.7
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