linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 042/146] staging: vt6655: lock MACvWriteBSSIDAddress.

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Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:22:27 -0700
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 042/146] staging: vt6655: lock MACvWriteBSSIDAddress.

3.19.8-ckt2 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>

commit 664a5c1d1e33cd89cb7883e8c74638cc482b5da7 upstream.

This function selects page 1 and cause intermittent problems on
interrupt handler.

lock call with spin_lock_irqsave.

Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c
index 6815c45..b7f6d95 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/device_main.c
@@ -1443,9 +1443,16 @@ static void vnt_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 
 	priv->current_aid = conf->aid;
 
-	if (changed & BSS_CHANGED_BSSID)
+	if (changed & BSS_CHANGED_BSSID) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
+
 		MACvWriteBSSIDAddress(priv->PortOffset, (u8 *)conf->bssid);
 
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
+	}
+
 	if (changed & BSS_CHANGED_BASIC_RATES) {
 		priv->basic_rates = conf->basic_rates;
 
-- 
1.9.1

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