mac80211: Use rcu_barrier() on unload.
authorJesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk>
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:45:53 +0000 (10:45 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:51:36 +0000 (13:51 -0700)
The mac80211 module uses rcu_call() thus it should use rcu_barrier()
on module unload.

The rcu_barrier() is placed in mech.c ieee80211_stop_mesh() which is
invoked from ieee80211_stop() in case vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT.

Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/mac80211/mesh.c

index fc712e60705da4b8a8785b305cec79300be955c7..11cf45bce38a36cf17c4592b5b0991a489a28c5e 100644 (file)
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ void ieee80211_stop_mesh(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
         * should it be using the interface and enqueuing
         * frames at this very time on another CPU.
         */
-       synchronize_rcu();
+       rcu_barrier(); /* Wait for RX path and call_rcu()'s */
        skb_queue_purge(&sdata->u.mesh.skb_queue);
 }