mac80211: clear subdir_stations when removing debugfs
authorTom Hughes <tom@compton.nu>
Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:41:49 +0000 (19:41 +0100)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:33:22 +0000 (16:33 +0200)
commit77f807e34765258d91104c61f2a3bf64d4c3477b
tree60498f47a71af1efe8477b89efe5383c6d84990c
parent6cb5225f5fb2fcb2978e9650812975619b24e477
mac80211: clear subdir_stations when removing debugfs

commit 4479004e6409087d1b4986881dc98c6c15dffb28 upstream.

If we don't do this, and we then fail to recreate the debugfs
directory during a mode change, then we will fail later trying
to add stations to this now bogus directory:

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000006c
IP: [<c0a92202>] mutex_lock+0x12/0x30
Call Trace:
[<c0678ab4>] start_creating+0x44/0xc0
[<c0679203>] debugfs_create_dir+0x13/0xf0
[<f8a938ae>] ieee80211_sta_debugfs_add+0x6e/0x490 [mac80211]

Signed-off-by: Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c