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-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/sta_info.c80
1 files changed, 57 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index 2a5a2f067bae..5497ca1843fe 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -36,16 +36,23 @@
* (which is pretty useless) or insert it into the hash table using
* sta_info_insert() which demotes the reference from ownership to a regular
* RCU-protected reference; if the function is called without protection by an
- * RCU critical section the reference is instantly invalidated.
+ * RCU critical section the reference is instantly invalidated. Note that the
+ * caller may not do much with the STA info before inserting it, in particular,
+ * it may not start any mesh peer link management or add encryption keys.
+ *
+ * When the insertion fails (sta_info_insert()) returns non-zero), the
+ * structure will have been freed by sta_info_insert()!
*
* Because there are debugfs entries for each station, and adding those
* must be able to sleep, it is also possible to "pin" a station entry,
* that means it can be removed from the hash table but not be freed.
- * See the comment in __sta_info_unlink() for more information.
+ * See the comment in __sta_info_unlink() for more information, this is
+ * an internal capability only.
*
* In order to remove a STA info structure, the caller needs to first
* unlink it (sta_info_unlink()) from the list and hash tables and
- * then wait for an RCU synchronisation before it can be freed. Due to
+ * then destroy it while holding the RTNL; sta_info_destroy() will wait
+ * for an RCU grace period to elapse before actually freeing it. Due to
* the pinning and the possibility of multiple callers trying to remove
* the same STA info at the same time, sta_info_unlink() can clear the
* STA info pointer it is passed to indicate that the STA info is owned
@@ -127,12 +134,35 @@ struct sta_info *sta_info_get_by_idx(struct ieee80211_local *local, int idx,
return NULL;
}
+/**
+ * __sta_info_free - internal STA free helper
+ *
+ * @sta: STA info to free
+ *
+ * This function must undo everything done by sta_info_alloc()
+ * that may happen before sta_info_insert().
+ */
+static void __sta_info_free(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+ struct sta_info *sta)
+{
+ DECLARE_MAC_BUF(mbuf);
+
+ rate_control_free_sta(sta->rate_ctrl, sta->rate_ctrl_priv);
+ rate_control_put(sta->rate_ctrl);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
+ printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Destroyed STA %s\n",
+ wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy), print_mac(mbuf, sta->addr));
+#endif /* CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG */
+
+ kfree(sta);
+}
+
void sta_info_destroy(struct sta_info *sta)
{
struct ieee80211_local *local;
struct sk_buff *skb;
int i;
- DECLARE_MAC_BUF(mbuf);
ASSERT_RTNL();
might_sleep();
@@ -182,15 +212,7 @@ void sta_info_destroy(struct sta_info *sta)
spin_unlock_bh(&sta->ampdu_mlme.ampdu_tx);
}
- rate_control_free_sta(sta->rate_ctrl, sta->rate_ctrl_priv);
- rate_control_put(sta->rate_ctrl);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
- printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Destroyed STA %s\n",
- wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy), print_mac(mbuf, sta->addr));
-#endif /* CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG */
-
- kfree(sta);
+ __sta_info_free(local, sta);
}
@@ -266,6 +288,7 @@ int sta_info_insert(struct sta_info *sta)
struct ieee80211_local *local = sta->local;
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
unsigned long flags;
+ int err = 0;
DECLARE_MAC_BUF(mac);
/*
@@ -273,20 +296,23 @@ int sta_info_insert(struct sta_info *sta)
* something inserts a STA (on one CPU) without holding the RTNL
* and another CPU turns off the net device.
*/
- if (unlikely(!netif_running(sdata->dev)))
- return -ENETDOWN;
-
- if (WARN_ON(compare_ether_addr(sta->addr, sdata->dev->dev_addr) == 0))
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (unlikely(!netif_running(sdata->dev))) {
+ err = -ENETDOWN;
+ goto out_free;
+ }
- if (WARN_ON(is_multicast_ether_addr(sta->addr)))
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (WARN_ON(compare_ether_addr(sta->addr, sdata->dev->dev_addr) == 0 ||
+ is_multicast_ether_addr(sta->addr))) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out_free;
+ }
spin_lock_irqsave(&local->sta_lock, flags);
/* check if STA exists already */
if (__sta_info_find(local, sta->addr)) {
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->sta_lock, flags);
- return -EEXIST;
+ err = -EEXIST;
+ goto out_free;
}
list_add(&sta->list, &local->sta_list);
local->num_sta++;
@@ -309,9 +335,13 @@ int sta_info_insert(struct sta_info *sta)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->sta_lock, flags);
#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
- /* debugfs entry adding might sleep, so schedule process
+ /*
+ * Debugfs entry adding might sleep, so schedule process
* context task for adding entry for STAs that do not yet
- * have one. */
+ * have one.
+ * NOTE: due to auto-freeing semantics this may only be done
+ * if the insertion is successful!
+ */
queue_work(local->hw.workqueue, &local->sta_debugfs_add);
#endif
@@ -319,6 +349,10 @@ int sta_info_insert(struct sta_info *sta)
mesh_accept_plinks_update(sdata);
return 0;
+ out_free:
+ BUG_ON(!err);
+ __sta_info_free(local, sta);
+ return err;
}
static inline void __bss_tim_set(struct ieee80211_if_ap *bss, u16 aid)