cfg80211: process pending events when unregistering net device
authorDaniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org>
Thu, 2 Aug 2012 17:41:48 +0000 (18:41 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:10:32 +0000 (08:10 -0700)
commit25320e75fe0296dab5ae37c6b59f18899cd1c310
tree207d5ae58f78b1331e71e339b618736ac9acd3b8
parent5784dff6267c788b40a2c9931b13a079e9011936
cfg80211: process pending events when unregistering net device

commit 1f6fc43e621167492ed4b7f3b4269c584c3d6ccc upstream.

libertas currently calls cfg80211_disconnected() when it is being
brought down. This causes an event to be allocated, but since the
wdev is already removed from the rdev by the time that the event
processing work executes, the event is never processed or freed.
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/95666

Fix this leak, and other possible situations, by processing the event
queue when a device is being unregistered. Thanks to Johannes Berg for
the suggestion.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/wireless/core.c
net/wireless/core.h
net/wireless/util.c