This is a heads-up for anyone wishing to use bcm43xx-softmac on Linus's git tree, which is now at
v2.6.20-rc2. There are two serious bugs in that code. Fixes are found below.
The first bug is the result of changes in work queues. The second is the result of a typo that locks
a mutex when it should unlock it.
These fixes have been pushed up stream, but neither has made it to Linus.
Larry
---
diff --git a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
index eec1a1d..a824852 100644
--- a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
+++ b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_assoc.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static void
ieee80211softmac_assoc_notify_scan(struct net_device *dev, int event_type, void *context)
{
struct ieee80211softmac_device *mac = ieee80211_priv(dev);
- ieee80211softmac_assoc_work((void*)mac);
+ ieee80211softmac_assoc_work(&mac->associnfo.work.work);
}
static void
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ ieee80211softmac_assoc_notify_auth(struc
switch (event_type) {
case IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_AUTHENTICATED:
- ieee80211softmac_assoc_work((void*)mac);
+ ieee80211softmac_assoc_work(&mac->associnfo.work.work);
break;
case IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_AUTH_FAILED:
case IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_AUTH_TIMEOUT:
Index: linux-2.6/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c
+++ linux-2.6/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ ieee80211softmac_wx_get_genie(struct net
err = -E2BIG;
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mac->lock, flags);
- mutex_lock(&mac->associnfo.mutex);
+ mutex_unlock(&mac->associnfo.mutex);
return err;
}
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