netdev - [PATCH] softmac: fix unbalanced mutex_lock/unlock in ieee80211softmac_wx_set

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Date:	Sun, 03 Dec 2006 10:40:01 -0600
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	John Linville <linville@...driver.com>, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
	stable@...nel.org
Cc:	maxime@...lhalla.org, Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Bcm43xx-dev@...ts.berlios.de,
	Stefano Brivio <st3@...eup.net>
Subject: [PATCH] softmac: fix unbalanced mutex_lock/unlock in 
 ieee80211softmac_wx_set_mlme

From: Maxime Austruy <maxime@...lhalla.org>

Routine ieee80211softmac_wx_set_mlme has one return that fails
to release a mutex acquired at entry.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Austruy <maxime@...lhalla.org>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
---

John and Chris,

This error was introduced in the 2.6.19-rxX series and must be applied
to 2.6.19-stable and wireless-2.6.

Larry

 net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c	2006-11-29 13:57:37.000000000 -0800
+++ b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_wx.c	2006-12-02 22:58:20.000000000 -0800
@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ ieee80211softmac_wx_set_mlme(struct net_
 			printk(KERN_DEBUG PFX "wx_set_mlme: we should know the net here...\n");
 			goto out;
 		}
-		return ieee80211softmac_deauth_req(mac, net, reason);
+		err =  ieee80211softmac_deauth_req(mac, net, reason);
+		goto out;
 	case IW_MLME_DISASSOC:
 		ieee80211softmac_send_disassoc_req(mac, reason);
 		mac->associnfo.associated = 0;
-
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