staging: rtl8723bs: fix monitor netdev register/unregister
authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Mon, 26 Apr 2021 19:28:02 +0000 (21:28 +0200)
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Mon, 31 May 2021 19:27:15 +0000 (21:27 +0200)
Due to the locking changes and callbacks happening inside
cfg80211, we need to use cfg80211 versions of the register
and unregister functions if called within cfg80211 methods,
otherwise deadlocks occur.

Fixes: a05829a7222e ("cfg80211: avoid holding the RTNL when calling the driver")
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210426212801.3d902cc9e6f4.Ie0b1e0c545920c61400a4b7d0f384ea61feb645a@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c

index a6d731e959a28298a771096c46de5c05076b5e55..36a1319ec4bf2c7df5929801f8d52c91a6c404d4 100644 (file)
@@ -2284,7 +2284,7 @@ static int rtw_cfg80211_add_monitor_if(struct adapter *padapter, char *name, str
        mon_wdev->iftype = NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR;
        mon_ndev->ieee80211_ptr = mon_wdev;
 
-       ret = register_netdevice(mon_ndev);
+       ret = cfg80211_register_netdevice(mon_ndev);
        if (ret) {
                goto out;
        }
@@ -2360,7 +2360,7 @@ static int cfg80211_rtw_del_virtual_intf(struct wiphy *wiphy,
        adapter = rtw_netdev_priv(ndev);
        pwdev_priv = adapter_wdev_data(adapter);
 
-       unregister_netdevice(ndev);
+       cfg80211_unregister_netdevice(ndev);
 
        if (ndev == pwdev_priv->pmon_ndev) {
                pwdev_priv->pmon_ndev = NULL;