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authorStanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>2011-01-25 14:15:12 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2011-01-27 16:41:10 -0500
commitea888357ec005abffb95acee2e61aac68dff429c (patch)
tree45e343b19e249bff3a367a729a4b69df9703995c /drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
parent203043f579ece44bb30291442cd56332651dd37d (diff)
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ath9k_htc: fix race conditions when stop device
We do not kill any scheduled tasklets when stopping device, that may cause usage of resources after free. Disable interrupts, kill tasklets and then works in correct order. Cc: stable@kernel.org Tested-by: Sujith <m.sujith@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c21
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
index f4d576bc3ccd..6bb59958f71e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
@@ -1025,12 +1025,6 @@ static void ath9k_htc_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
int ret = 0;
u8 cmd_rsp;
- /* Cancel all the running timers/work .. */
- cancel_work_sync(&priv->fatal_work);
- cancel_work_sync(&priv->ps_work);
- cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->ath9k_led_blink_work);
- ath9k_led_stop_brightness(priv);
-
mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
if (priv->op_flags & OP_INVALID) {
@@ -1044,8 +1038,23 @@ static void ath9k_htc_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
WMI_CMD(WMI_DISABLE_INTR_CMDID);
WMI_CMD(WMI_DRAIN_TXQ_ALL_CMDID);
WMI_CMD(WMI_STOP_RECV_CMDID);
+
+ tasklet_kill(&priv->swba_tasklet);
+ tasklet_kill(&priv->rx_tasklet);
+ tasklet_kill(&priv->tx_tasklet);
+
skb_queue_purge(&priv->tx_queue);
+ mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex);
+
+ /* Cancel all the running timers/work .. */
+ cancel_work_sync(&priv->fatal_work);
+ cancel_work_sync(&priv->ps_work);
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->ath9k_led_blink_work);
+ ath9k_led_stop_brightness(priv);
+
+ mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
+
/* Remove monitor interface here */
if (ah->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR) {
if (ath9k_htc_remove_monitor_interface(priv))