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Message-Id: <1298840392-588-1-git-send-email-abogani@kernel.org>
Date:	Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:59:52 +0100
From:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] rtlwifi: Add the missing rcu_read_lock/unlock

===================================================
[ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
---------------------------------------------------
net/mac80211/sta_info.c:125 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!

other info that might help us debug this:

rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0
5 locks held by wpa_supplicant/468:
 #0:  (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<c1465d84>] rtnl_lock+0x14/0x20
 #1:  (&rdev->mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<f84b8c2b>] cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwfreq+0x6b/0x170 [cfg80211]
 #2:  (&rdev->devlist_mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<f84b8c37>] cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwfreq+0x77/0x170 [cfg80211]
 #3:  (&wdev->mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<f84b8c44>] cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwfreq+0x84/0x170 [cfg80211]
 #4:  (&rtlpriv->locks.conf_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<f8506476>] rtl_op_bss_info_changed+0x26/0xc10 [rtlwifi]

stack backtrace:
Pid: 468, comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 2.6.38-rc6+ #79
Call Trace:
 [<c108806a>] ? lockdep_rcu_dereference+0xaa/0xb0
 [<f8523d2c>] ? sta_info_get_bss+0x19c/0x1b0 [mac80211]
 [<f8523d62>] ? ieee80211_find_sta+0x22/0x40 [mac80211]
 [<f850661c>] ? rtl_op_bss_info_changed+0x1cc/0xc10 [rtlwifi]
 [<c153671c>] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x14c/0x160
 [<c153673d>] ? mutex_unlock+0xd/0x10
 [<f8507180>] ? rtl_op_config+0x120/0x310 [rtlwifi]
 [<c10896db>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0x10
 [<f8522169>] ? ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify+0xf9/0x1f0 [mac80211]
 [<f8506450>] ? rtl_op_bss_info_changed+0x0/0xc10 [rtlwifi]
 [<f853646f>] ? ieee80211_set_channel+0xbf/0xd0 [mac80211]
 [<f84b5f41>] ? cfg80211_set_freq+0x121/0x180 [cfg80211]
 [<f85363b0>] ? ieee80211_set_channel+0x0/0xd0 [mac80211]
 [<f84b8ceb>] ? cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwfreq+0x12b/0x170 [cfg80211]
 [<f84b87eb>] ? cfg80211_wext_siwfreq+0x9b/0x100 [cfg80211]
 [<c153b98b>] ? sub_preempt_count+0x7b/0xb0
 [<c150f874>] ? ioctl_standard_call+0x74/0x3b0
 [<c1465d84>] ? rtnl_lock+0x14/0x20
 [<f84b8750>] ? cfg80211_wext_siwfreq+0x0/0x100 [cfg80211]
 [<c14568bd>] ? __dev_get_by_name+0x8d/0xb0
 [<c150fddb>] ? wext_handle_ioctl+0x16b/0x180
 [<f84b8750>] ? cfg80211_wext_siwfreq+0x0/0x100 [cfg80211]
 [<c145bc7a>] ? dev_ioctl+0x5ba/0x720
 [<c108a947>] ? __lock_acquire+0x3e7/0x19b0
 [<c1443b0b>] ? sock_ioctl+0x1eb/0x290
 [<c108bfa5>] ? lock_release_non_nested+0x95/0x2f0
 [<c1443920>] ? sock_ioctl+0x0/0x290
 [<c114d74d>] ? do_vfs_ioctl+0x7d/0x5c0
 [<c1112232>] ? might_fault+0x62/0xb0
 [<c113e3c6>] ? fget_light+0x226/0x390
 [<c1112278>] ? might_fault+0xa8/0xb0
 [<c114dd17>] ? sys_ioctl+0x87/0x90
 [<c1002f9f>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x38

This work was supported by a hardware donation from the CE Linux Forum.

Signed-off-by: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c          |    4 ++++
 drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.c |    5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
index d6a924a..b93f12d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ static void rtl_op_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_MAC80211, DBG_TRACE,
 			 ("BSS_CHANGED_HT\n"));
 
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		sta = ieee80211_find_sta(mac->vif, mac->bssid);
 
 		if (sta) {
@@ -564,6 +565,7 @@ static void rtl_op_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				mac->current_ampdu_factor =
 				    sta->ht_cap.ampdu_factor;
 		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 
 		rtlpriv->cfg->ops->set_hw_reg(hw, HW_VAR_SHORTGI_DENSITY,
 					      (u8 *) (&mac->max_mss_density));
@@ -615,6 +617,7 @@ static void rtl_op_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		else
 			mac->mode = WIRELESS_MODE_G;
 
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		sta = ieee80211_find_sta(mac->vif, mac->bssid);
 
 		if (sta) {
@@ -649,6 +652,7 @@ static void rtl_op_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				 */
 			}
 		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 
 		/*mac80211 just give us CCK rates any time
 		 *So we add G rate in basic rates when
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.c
index bf5852f..8a8b0e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.c
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ void rtl92ce_tx_fill_desc(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	struct rtl_ps_ctl *ppsc = rtl_psc(rtl_priv(hw));
 	bool b_defaultadapter = true;
 
-	struct ieee80211_sta *sta = ieee80211_find_sta(mac->vif, mac->bssid);
+	struct ieee80211_sta *sta;
 
 	u8 *pdesc = (u8 *) pdesc_tx;
 	struct rtl_tcb_desc tcb_desc;
@@ -811,10 +811,13 @@ void rtl92ce_tx_fill_desc(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		SET_TX_DESC_LINIP(pdesc, 0);
 		SET_TX_DESC_PKT_SIZE(pdesc, (u16) skb->len);
 
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		sta = ieee80211_find_sta(mac->vif, mac->bssid);
 		if (sta) {
 			u8 ampdu_density = sta->ht_cap.ampdu_density;
 			SET_TX_DESC_AMPDU_DENSITY(pdesc, ampdu_density);
 		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 
 		if (info->control.hw_key) {
 			struct ieee80211_key_conf *keyconf =
-- 
1.7.4.1

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