cfg80211: process pending events when unregistering net device
authorDaniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org>
Thu, 2 Aug 2012 17:41:48 +0000 (18:41 +0100)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:15:30 +0000 (18:15 +0100)
commitc506474fed3246e4ea1dcf86809cbd802d57e541
treef8fab26d35b5d9071567250dba6cac34120672ac
parent10b371e7e08749d734ae3f9785be434c5ca7c50a
cfg80211: process pending events when unregistering net device

commit 1f6fc43e621167492ed4b7f3b4269c584c3d6ccc upstream.

libertas currently calls cfg80211_disconnected() when it is being
brought down. This causes an event to be allocated, but since the
wdev is already removed from the rdev by the time that the event
processing work executes, the event is never processed or freed.
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/95666

Fix this leak, and other possible situations, by processing the event
queue when a device is being unregistered. Thanks to Johannes Berg for
the suggestion.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
net/wireless/core.c
net/wireless/core.h
net/wireless/util.c