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* [PATCH 4/8] orinoco: orinoco_send_wevents() could return without unlocking.
@ 2005-09-23  8:18 Pavel Roskin
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From: Pavel Roskin @ 2005-09-23  8:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA
  Cc: orinoco-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f

Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org>

orinoco_send_wevents() could return without unlocking.

Failure to read BSSID from the hardware would cause orinoco_send_wevents() to
return with lock held.  Found by sparse.

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.c
@@ -1112,12 +1112,14 @@ static void orinoco_send_wevents(struct 
 	err = hermes_read_ltv(hw, IRQ_BAP, HERMES_RID_CURRENTBSSID,
 			      ETH_ALEN, NULL, wrqu.ap_addr.sa_data);
 	if (err != 0)
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	wrqu.ap_addr.sa_family = ARPHRD_ETHER;
 
 	/* Send event to user space */
 	wireless_send_event(dev, SIOCGIWAP, &wrqu, NULL);
+
+ out:
 	orinoco_unlock(priv, &flags);
 }
 



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