ath9k: add locking for stopping RX
ath9k locks for starting RX but not for stopping RX. We could
potentially run into a situation where tried to stop RX
but immediately started RX. This allows for races on the
the RX engine deciding what buffer we last left off on
and could potentially cause ath9k to DMA into already
free'd memory or in the worst case at a later time to
already given memory to other drivers.
Fix this by locking stopping RX.
This is part of a series that will help resolve the bug:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14624
For more details about this issue refer to:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=128629803703756&w=2
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Cc: Kyungwan Nam <kyungwan.nam@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Tested-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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