From 7cb3cd090c2725b80561958a362c2ba15a7a8c86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jouni Malinen Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 17:19:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] hostap: Unregister netdevs before freeing local data Unregister all netdevs before freeing local data. I was unable to trigger any crashes without this change when running busy loops for driver operations when ejecting a Prism2 PC Card. Anyway, should there be a race condition with this, better make it less likely to happen by unregistering the netdevs first. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik --- drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c | 22 ++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net') diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c index e533a663ded..59fc1557239 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c @@ -3322,6 +3322,18 @@ static void prism2_free_local_data(struct net_device *dev) iface = netdev_priv(dev); local = iface->local; + /* Unregister all netdevs before freeing local data. */ + list_for_each_safe(ptr, n, &local->hostap_interfaces) { + iface = list_entry(ptr, struct hostap_interface, list); + if (iface->type == HOSTAP_INTERFACE_MASTER) { + /* special handling for this interface below */ + continue; + } + hostap_remove_interface(iface->dev, 0, 1); + } + + unregister_netdev(local->dev); + flush_scheduled_work(); if (timer_pending(&local->crypt_deinit_timer)) @@ -3382,15 +3394,6 @@ static void prism2_free_local_data(struct net_device *dev) prism2_download_free_data(local->dl_sec); #endif /* PRISM2_DOWNLOAD_SUPPORT */ - list_for_each_safe(ptr, n, &local->hostap_interfaces) { - iface = list_entry(ptr, struct hostap_interface, list); - if (iface->type == HOSTAP_INTERFACE_MASTER) { - /* special handling for this interface below */ - continue; - } - hostap_remove_interface(iface->dev, 0, 1); - } - prism2_clear_set_tim_queue(local); list_for_each_safe(ptr, n, &local->bss_list) { @@ -3403,7 +3406,6 @@ static void prism2_free_local_data(struct net_device *dev) kfree(local->last_scan_results); kfree(local->generic_elem); - unregister_netdev(local->dev); free_netdev(local->dev); } -- cgit v1.2.3