pull request: wireless 2011-11-30

Subsystems: 802.11 (including cfg80211/nl80211), atheros ath generic utilities, mac80211, networking drivers (wireless), qualcomm atheros ath9k wireless driver, the rest

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pull request: wireless 2011-11-30

From: John W. Linville <hidden>
Date: 2011-11-30 19:45:45

commit 3b95e9c089d932c11f9ec03f7493f02cceff04ba

Dave,

This is a batch of fixes intended for 3.2.

There is an nl80211 fix for validating user input to prevent a buffer
underrun, a mac80211 race fix to prevent a WARN_ON, a mac80211 fix to
avoid trying to stop a single aggregation session twice, a mac80211 fix
for a race condition that could cause a crash when an addBA response
came late, the partial reversion of an ath9k change that broke wireless
on Ferrari One laptops, and a fix for an rtlwifi deadlock.

Please let me know if there are problems!

Thanks,

John

---

The following changes since commit 5dc5503f5a400be5a7dc611745a034f04b0679b8:

  isdn: avoid copying too long drvid (2011-11-29 18:39:37 -0500)

are available in the git repository at:
  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless.git for-davem

Eliad Peller (1):
      nl80211: fix MAC address validation

Emmanuel Grumbach (1):
      mac80211: fix race between the AGG SM and the Tx data path

Johannes Berg (1):
      mac80211: don't stop a single aggregation session twice

John W. Linville (1):
      Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/.../linville/wireless into for-davem

Nikolay Martynov (1):
      mac80211: fix race condition caused by late addBA response

Rafael J. Wysocki (1):
      ath9k: Revert change that broke AR928X on Acer Ferrari One

Stanislaw Gruszka (1):
      rtlwifi: fix lps_lock deadlock

 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c |    3 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/ps.c   |   17 +++++++------
 net/mac80211/agg-tx.c               |   42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 net/wireless/nl80211.c              |    4 +-
 4 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
index 2f91acc..8873c6e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
@@ -1827,7 +1827,8 @@ static void ath9k_set_power_sleep(struct ath_hw *ah, int setChip)
 	}
 
 	/* Clear Bit 14 of AR_WA after putting chip into Full Sleep mode. */
-	REG_WRITE(ah, AR_WA, ah->WARegVal & ~AR_WA_D3_L1_DISABLE);
+	if (AR_SREV_9300_20_OR_LATER(ah))
+		REG_WRITE(ah, AR_WA, ah->WARegVal & ~AR_WA_D3_L1_DISABLE);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/ps.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/ps.c
index db52628..55c8e50 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/ps.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/ps.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ void rtl_lps_enter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 	if (mac->link_state != MAC80211_LINKED)
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
 
 	/* Idle for a while if we connect to AP a while ago. */
 	if (mac->cnt_after_linked >= 2) {
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ void rtl_lps_enter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 		}
 	}
 
-	spin_unlock(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
 }
 
 /*Leave the leisure power save mode.*/
@@ -416,8 +416,9 @@ void rtl_lps_leave(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 	struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);
 	struct rtl_ps_ctl *ppsc = rtl_psc(rtl_priv(hw));
 	struct rtl_hal *rtlhal = rtl_hal(rtl_priv(hw));
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock, flags);
 
 	if (ppsc->fwctrl_lps) {
 		if (ppsc->dot11_psmode != EACTIVE) {
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ void rtl_lps_leave(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 			rtl_lps_set_psmode(hw, EACTIVE);
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock, flags);
 }
 
 /* For sw LPS*/
@@ -539,9 +540,9 @@ void rtl_swlps_rf_awake(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 		RT_CLEAR_PS_LEVEL(ppsc, RT_PS_LEVEL_ASPM);
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
 	rtl_ps_set_rf_state(hw, ERFON, RF_CHANGE_BY_PS);
-	spin_unlock(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
 }
 
 void rtl_swlps_rfon_wq_callback(void *data)
@@ -574,9 +575,9 @@ void rtl_swlps_rf_sleep(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 	if (rtlpriv->link_info.busytraffic)
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
+	spin_lock_irq(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
 	rtl_ps_set_rf_state(hw, ERFSLEEP, RF_CHANGE_BY_PS);
-	spin_unlock(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&rtlpriv->locks.lps_lock);
 
 	if (ppsc->reg_rfps_level & RT_RF_OFF_LEVL_ASPM &&
 		!RT_IN_PS_LEVEL(ppsc, RT_PS_LEVEL_ASPM)) {
diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
index b3f6552..b064e4d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
@@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ int ___ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session(struct sta_info *sta, u16 tid,
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 
+	/* if we're already stopping ignore any new requests to stop */
+	if (test_bit(HT_AGG_STATE_STOPPING, &tid_tx->state)) {
+		spin_unlock_bh(&sta->lock);
+		return -EALREADY;
+	}
+
 	if (test_bit(HT_AGG_STATE_WANT_START, &tid_tx->state)) {
 		/* not even started yet! */
 		ieee80211_assign_tid_tx(sta, tid, NULL);
@@ -169,6 +175,8 @@ int ___ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session(struct sta_info *sta, u16 tid,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	set_bit(HT_AGG_STATE_STOPPING, &tid_tx->state);
+
 	spin_unlock_bh(&sta->lock);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_HT_DEBUG
@@ -176,8 +184,6 @@ int ___ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session(struct sta_info *sta, u16 tid,
 	       sta->sta.addr, tid);
 #endif /* CONFIG_MAC80211_HT_DEBUG */
 
-	set_bit(HT_AGG_STATE_STOPPING, &tid_tx->state);
-
 	del_timer_sync(&tid_tx->addba_resp_timer);
 
 	/*
@@ -187,6 +193,20 @@ int ___ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session(struct sta_info *sta, u16 tid,
 	 */
 	clear_bit(HT_AGG_STATE_OPERATIONAL, &tid_tx->state);
 
+	/*
+	 * There might be a few packets being processed right now (on
+	 * another CPU) that have already gotten past the aggregation
+	 * check when it was still OPERATIONAL and consequently have
+	 * IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU set. In that case, this code might
+	 * call into the driver at the same time or even before the
+	 * TX paths calls into it, which could confuse the driver.
+	 *
+	 * Wait for all currently running TX paths to finish before
+	 * telling the driver. New packets will not go through since
+	 * the aggregation session is no longer OPERATIONAL.
+	 */
+	synchronize_net();
+
 	tid_tx->stop_initiator = initiator;
 	tid_tx->tx_stop = tx;
 
@@ -757,11 +777,27 @@ void ieee80211_process_addba_resp(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	del_timer(&tid_tx->addba_resp_timer);
+	del_timer_sync(&tid_tx->addba_resp_timer);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_HT_DEBUG
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "switched off addBA timer for tid %d\n", tid);
 #endif
+
+	/*
+	 * addba_resp_timer may have fired before we got here, and
+	 * caused WANT_STOP to be set. If the stop then was already
+	 * processed further, STOPPING might be set.
+	 */
+	if (test_bit(HT_AGG_STATE_WANT_STOP, &tid_tx->state) ||
+	    test_bit(HT_AGG_STATE_STOPPING, &tid_tx->state)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_HT_DEBUG
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG
+		       "got addBA resp for tid %d but we already gave up\n",
+		       tid);
+#endif
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * IEEE 802.11-2007 7.3.1.14:
 	 * In an ADDBA Response frame, when the Status Code field
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index b3a476f..ffafda5 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NL80211_ATTR_MAX+1] = {
 	[NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME] = { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING, .len = IFNAMSIZ-1 },
 
-	[NL80211_ATTR_MAC] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = ETH_ALEN },
-	[NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = ETH_ALEN },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_MAC] = { .len = ETH_ALEN },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID] = { .len = ETH_ALEN },
 
 	[NL80211_ATTR_KEY] = { .type = NLA_NESTED, },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_KEY_DATA] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
-- 
John W. Linville		Someday the world will need a hero, and you
linville@tuxdriver.com			might be all we have.  Be ready.

Re: pull request: wireless 2011-11-30

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2011-11-30 21:23:06

From: "John W. Linville" <redacted>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:39:07 -0500
There is an nl80211 fix for validating user input to prevent a buffer
underrun, a mac80211 race fix to prevent a WARN_ON, a mac80211 fix to
avoid trying to stop a single aggregation session twice, a mac80211 fix
for a race condition that could cause a crash when an addBA response
came late, the partial reversion of an ath9k change that broke wireless
on Ferrari One laptops, and a fix for an rtlwifi deadlock.

Please let me know if there are problems!
Applied, thanks.
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