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staging: vt6656: [bug] Fix missing spin lock in iwctl_siwpower.
authorMalcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com>
Wed, 15 May 2013 00:44:25 +0000 (01:44 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 7 Jun 2013 19:52:24 +0000 (12:52 -0700)
commit 91ec61f8f01cf32868e2ed2fa96a299e77964055 upstream.

Fixes occasional dead lock on power up / down.

spin_lock_irq is used because of unlocking with spin_unlock_irq
elsewhere in the driver.

Only relevant to kernels 3.8 and later when command was
transferred to the iw_handler.

Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/staging/vt6656/iwctl.c

index 69971f35e49030726d551ef0f226b3452412c6e7..60b50d007158f00c082694b339f2060576f82b9d 100644 (file)
@@ -1348,9 +1348,12 @@ int iwctl_siwpower(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_request_info *info,
                return rc;
        }
 
+       spin_lock_irq(&pDevice->lock);
+
        if (wrq->disabled) {
                pDevice->ePSMode = WMAC_POWER_CAM;
                PSvDisablePowerSaving(pDevice);
+               spin_unlock_irq(&pDevice->lock);
                return rc;
        }
        if ((wrq->flags & IW_POWER_TYPE) == IW_POWER_TIMEOUT) {
@@ -1361,6 +1364,9 @@ int iwctl_siwpower(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_request_info *info,
                pDevice->ePSMode = WMAC_POWER_FAST;
                PSvEnablePowerSaving((void *)pDevice, pMgmt->wListenInterval);
        }
+
+       spin_unlock_irq(&pDevice->lock);
+
        switch (wrq->flags & IW_POWER_MODE) {
        case IW_POWER_UNICAST_R:
                DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO " SIOCSIWPOWER: IW_POWER_UNICAST_R \n");