mac80211: stop Rx during HW reconfig
While HW reconfig is in progress, drop all incoming Rx. This prevents
incoming packets from changing the internal state of the driver or
calling callbacks of the low level driver while it is in inconsistent
state.
Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index d81c178..976e413 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -345,6 +345,13 @@
ieee80211_stop_queues_by_reason(hw,
IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_SUSPEND);
+ /*
+ * Stop all Rx during the reconfig. We don't want state changes
+ * or driver callbacks while this is in progress.
+ */
+ local->in_reconfig = true;
+ barrier();
+
schedule_work(&local->restart_work);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_restart_hw);