From b90f51e8e1f5014c01c82a7bf4c611643d0a8bcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:28:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix monitor netdev register/unregister 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 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210426212801.3d902cc9e6f4.Ie0b1e0c545920c61400a4b7d0f384ea61feb645a@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c index a6d731e959a28..36a1319ec4bf2 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c @@ -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; -- 2.30.2