mac80211: fix idle handling sequence
Corey Richardson reported that my idle handling cleanup
(commit fd0f979a1b, "mac80211: simplify idle handling")
broke ath9k_htc. The reason appears to be that it wants
to go out of idle before switching channels. To fix it,
reimplement that sequence.
Reported-by: Corey Richardson <corey@octayn.net>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/chan.c b/net/mac80211/chan.c
index 78c0d90..931be41 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/chan.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/chan.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
enum ieee80211_chanctx_mode mode)
{
struct ieee80211_chanctx *ctx;
+ u32 changed;
int err;
lockdep_assert_held(&local->chanctx_mtx);
@@ -76,6 +77,13 @@
ctx->conf.rx_chains_dynamic = 1;
ctx->mode = mode;
+ /* acquire mutex to prevent idle from changing */
+ mutex_lock(&local->mtx);
+ /* turn idle off *before* setting channel -- some drivers need that */
+ changed = ieee80211_idle_off(local);
+ if (changed)
+ ieee80211_hw_config(local, changed);
+
if (!local->use_chanctx) {
local->_oper_channel_type =
cfg80211_get_chandef_type(chandef);
@@ -85,14 +93,17 @@
err = drv_add_chanctx(local, ctx);
if (err) {
kfree(ctx);
- return ERR_PTR(err);
+ ctx = ERR_PTR(err);
+
+ ieee80211_recalc_idle(local);
+ goto out;
}
}
+ /* and keep the mutex held until the new chanctx is on the list */
list_add_rcu(&ctx->list, &local->chanctx_list);
- mutex_lock(&local->mtx);
- ieee80211_recalc_idle(local);
+ out:
mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);
return ctx;