From 0297ea17bf7879fb5846fafd1be4c0471e72848d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emmanuel Grumbach Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:07:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: release the channel in error path in start_ap When the driver cannot start the AP or when the assignement of the beacon goes wrong, we need to unassign the vif. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/mac80211/cfg.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c index 33acdca4a1df..453e974287d1 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c +++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c @@ -1021,8 +1021,10 @@ static int ieee80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev, IEEE80211_P2P_OPPPS_ENABLE_BIT; err = ieee80211_assign_beacon(sdata, ¶ms->beacon); - if (err < 0) + if (err < 0) { + ieee80211_vif_release_channel(sdata); return err; + } changed |= err; err = drv_start_ap(sdata->local, sdata); @@ -1032,6 +1034,7 @@ static int ieee80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev, if (old) kfree_rcu(old, rcu_head); RCU_INIT_POINTER(sdata->u.ap.beacon, NULL); + ieee80211_vif_release_channel(sdata); return err; } -- 2.39.5