linux-kernel - Re: Oops with 2.6.24 git when loading iwl3945

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Date:	Sun, 2 Dec 2007 19:43:16 +0300
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	Thomas Tuttle <linux-kernel@...ttle.net>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Oops with 2.6.24 git when loading iwl3945

[Thomas Tuttle - Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 03:43:57PM -0500]
| Hey.
| 
| I'm using a git snapshot that gentoo distributed mere hours ago (so I'm
| fairly confident it's current), and I'm getting an Oops when I try to
| load the iwl3945 driver.  I've attached it as plain text.
| 
| Hope this helps,
| 
| Thomas Tuttle

Hi Thomas,
Could you please test the patch?

		Cyrill
---

Seems just mutex unlock is missed ;)

 net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
index 7254bd6..3260a4a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ int ieee80211_rate_control_register(struct rate_control_ops *ops)
 		if (!strcmp(alg->ops->name, ops->name)) {
 			/* don't register an algorithm twice */
 			WARN_ON(1);
+			mutex_unlock(&rate_ctrl_mutex);
 			return -EALREADY;
 		}
 	}
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