From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753594Ab2GWBvJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:51:09 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:54388 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753486Ab2GWBnZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:43:25 -0400 Message-Id: <20120723010659.036563148@decadent.org.uk> User-Agent: quilt/0.60-1 Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 02:07:41 +0100 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Michal Kazior , Johannes Berg Subject: [ 050/108] cfg80211: check iface combinations only when iface is running In-Reply-To: <20120723010651.408577075@decadent.org.uk> X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2001:470:1f08:1539:21c:bfff:fe03:f805 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Michal Kazior commit f8cdddb8d61d16a156229f0910f7ecfc7a82c003 upstream. Don't validate interface combinations on a stopped interface. Otherwise we might end up being able to create a new interface with a certain type, but won't be able to change an existing interface into that type. This also skips some other functions when interface is stopped and changing interface type. Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- net/wireless/util.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/util.c b/net/wireless/util.c index 8f2d68f..316cfd0 100644 --- a/net/wireless/util.c +++ b/net/wireless/util.c @@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ int cfg80211_change_iface(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, ntype == NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT)) return -EBUSY; - if (ntype != otype) { + if (ntype != otype && netif_running(dev)) { err = cfg80211_can_change_interface(rdev, dev->ieee80211_ptr, ntype); if (err)