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| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/nl80211.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index b1df42e4f1eb..a5224da63832 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -3929,7 +3929,7 @@ static int nl80211_set_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) return err; } -static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) +static int _nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) { struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = info->user_ptr[0]; struct vif_params params; @@ -3938,9 +3938,6 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) int err; enum nl80211_iftype type = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED; - /* to avoid failing a new interface creation due to pending removal */ - cfg80211_destroy_ifaces(rdev); - memset(¶ms, 0, sizeof(params)); if (!info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME]) @@ -4028,6 +4025,21 @@ static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) return genlmsg_reply(msg, info); } +static int nl80211_new_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) +{ + struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = info->user_ptr[0]; + int ret; + + /* to avoid failing a new interface creation due to pending removal */ + cfg80211_destroy_ifaces(rdev); + + wiphy_lock(&rdev->wiphy); + ret = _nl80211_new_interface(skb, info); + wiphy_unlock(&rdev->wiphy); + + return ret; +} + static int nl80211_del_interface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) { struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = info->user_ptr[0]; @@ -15040,7 +15052,9 @@ static const struct genl_small_ops nl80211_small_ops[] = { .doit = nl80211_new_interface, .flags = GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, .internal_flags = NL80211_FLAG_NEED_WIPHY | - NL80211_FLAG_NEED_RTNL, + NL80211_FLAG_NEED_RTNL | + /* we take the wiphy mutex later ourselves */ + NL80211_FLAG_NO_WIPHY_MTX, }, { .cmd = NL80211_CMD_DEL_INTERFACE, |