Commit 8c71df7a authored by Guy Eilam's avatar Guy Eilam Committed by John W. Linville
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mac80211: refactor sta_info_insert_rcu to 3 main stages 



Divided the sta_info_insert_rcu function to 3 mini-functions:
sta_info_insert_check - the initial checks done when inserting
a new station
sta_info_insert_ibss - the function that handles the station
addition for IBSS interfaces
sta_info_insert_non_ibss - the function that handles the station
addition in other cases

The outer API was not changed.
The refactoring was done for better usage of the different
stages in the station addition in new scenarios added
in the next commit.

Signed-off-by: default avatarGuy Eilam <guy@wizery.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
parent df766267

net/mac80211/sta_info.c

+95 −53
Original line number Diff line number Diff line
@@ -368,44 +368,37 @@ static void sta_info_finish_work(struct work_struct *work) 
	mutex_unlock(&local->sta_mtx);

}



int sta_info_insert_rcu(struct sta_info *sta) __acquires(RCU)

static int sta_info_insert_check(struct sta_info *sta)

{

	struct ieee80211_local *local = sta->local;

	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;

	unsigned long flags;

	int err = 0;



	/*

	 * Can't be a WARN_ON because it can be triggered through a race:

	 * something inserts a STA (on one CPU) without holding the RTNL

	 * and another CPU turns off the net device.

	 */

	if (unlikely(!ieee80211_sdata_running(sdata))) {

		err = -ENETDOWN;

		rcu_read_lock();

		goto out_free;

	}

	if (unlikely(!ieee80211_sdata_running(sdata)))

		return -ENETDOWN;



	if (WARN_ON(compare_ether_addr(sta->sta.addr, sdata->vif.addr) == 0 ||

		    is_multicast_ether_addr(sta->sta.addr))) {

		err = -EINVAL;

		rcu_read_lock();

		goto out_free;

		    is_multicast_ether_addr(sta->sta.addr)))

		return -EINVAL;



	return 0;

}



	/*

	 * In ad-hoc mode, we sometimes need to insert stations

	 * from tasklet context from the RX path. To avoid races,

	 * always do so in that case -- see the comment below.

	 */

	if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) {

static int sta_info_insert_ibss(struct sta_info *sta) __acquires(RCU)

{

	struct ieee80211_local *local = sta->local;

	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;

	unsigned long flags;



	spin_lock_irqsave(&local->sta_lock, flags);

	/* check if STA exists already */

	if (sta_info_get_bss(sdata, sta->sta.addr)) {

		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->sta_lock, flags);

		rcu_read_lock();

			err = -EEXIST;

			goto out_free;

		return -EEXIST;

	}



	local->num_sta++;
@@ -428,33 +421,37 @@ int sta_info_insert_rcu(struct sta_info *sta) __acquires(RCU) 
	return 0;

}



/*

 * should be called with sta_mtx locked

 * this function replaces the mutex lock

 * with a RCU lock

 */

static int sta_info_insert_non_ibss(struct sta_info *sta) __acquires(RCU)

{

	struct ieee80211_local *local = sta->local;

	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;

	unsigned long flags;

	int err = 0;



	lockdep_assert_held(&local->sta_mtx);



	/*

	 * On first glance, this will look racy, because the code

	 * below this point, which inserts a station with sleeping,

	 * in this function, which inserts a station with sleeping,

	 * unlocks the sta_lock between checking existence in the

	 * hash table and inserting into it.

	 *

	 * However, it is not racy against itself because it keeps

	 * the mutex locked. It still seems to race against the

	 * above code that atomically inserts the station... That,

	 * however, is not true because the above code can only

	 * be invoked for IBSS interfaces, and the below code will

	 * not be -- and the two do not race against each other as

	 * the hash table also keys off the interface.

	 * the mutex locked.

	 */



	might_sleep();



	mutex_lock(&local->sta_mtx);



	spin_lock_irqsave(&local->sta_lock, flags);

	/* check if STA exists already */

	if (sta_info_get_bss(sdata, sta->sta.addr)) {

		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->sta_lock, flags);

		mutex_unlock(&local->sta_mtx);

		rcu_read_lock();

		err = -EEXIST;

		goto out_free;

		return -EEXIST;

	}



	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->sta_lock, flags);
@@ -463,7 +460,7 @@ int sta_info_insert_rcu(struct sta_info *sta) __acquires(RCU) 
	if (err) {

		mutex_unlock(&local->sta_mtx);

		rcu_read_lock();

		goto out_free;

		return err;

	}



#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
@@ -477,6 +474,51 @@ int sta_info_insert_rcu(struct sta_info *sta) __acquires(RCU) 
	if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sdata->vif))

		mesh_accept_plinks_update(sdata);



	return 0;

}



int sta_info_insert_rcu(struct sta_info *sta) __acquires(RCU)

{

	struct ieee80211_local *local = sta->local;

	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;

	int err = 0;



	err = sta_info_insert_check(sta);

	if (err) {

		rcu_read_lock();

		goto out_free;

	}



	/*

	 * In ad-hoc mode, we sometimes need to insert stations

	 * from tasklet context from the RX path. To avoid races,

	 * always do so in that case -- see the comment below.

	 */

	if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) {

		err = sta_info_insert_ibss(sta);

		if (err)

			goto out_free;



		return 0;

	}



	/*

	 * It might seem that the function called below is in race against

	 * the function call above that atomically inserts the station... That,

	 * however, is not true because the above code can only

	 * be invoked for IBSS interfaces, and the below code will

	 * not be -- and the two do not race against each other as

	 * the hash table also keys off the interface.

	 */



	might_sleep();



	mutex_lock(&local->sta_mtx);



	err = sta_info_insert_non_ibss(sta);

	if (err)

		goto out_free;



	return 0;

 out_free:

	BUG_ON(!err);

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