From 43076c1e074359f11c85d7d1b85ede1bbb8ee6b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 11:32:28 +0200 Subject: cfg80211: fix phy80211 symlink creation When I moved around the code here, I neglected that we could still call register_netdev() or similar without the wiphy mutex held, which then calls cfg80211_register_wdev() - that's also done from cfg80211_register_netdevice(), but the phy80211 symlink creation was only there. Now, the symlink isn't needed for a *pure* wdev, but a netdev not registered via cfg80211_register_wdev() should still have the symlink, so move the creation to the right place. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 2fe8ef106238 ("cfg80211: change netdev registration/unregistration semantics") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210608113226.a5dc4c1e488c.Ia42fe663cefe47b0883af78c98f284c5555bbe5d@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/wireless/core.c | 13 +++++-------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/wireless') diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c index 6fbf7537faf5..8d0883e81093 100644 --- a/net/wireless/core.c +++ b/net/wireless/core.c @@ -1340,6 +1340,11 @@ void cfg80211_register_wdev(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, rdev->devlist_generation++; wdev->registered = true; + if (wdev->netdev && + sysfs_create_link(&wdev->netdev->dev.kobj, &rdev->wiphy.dev.kobj, + "phy80211")) + pr_err("failed to add phy80211 symlink to netdev!\n"); + nl80211_notify_iface(rdev, wdev, NL80211_CMD_NEW_INTERFACE); } @@ -1365,14 +1370,6 @@ int cfg80211_register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) if (ret) goto out; - if (sysfs_create_link(&dev->dev.kobj, &rdev->wiphy.dev.kobj, - "phy80211")) { - pr_err("failed to add phy80211 symlink to netdev!\n"); - unregister_netdevice(dev); - ret = -EINVAL; - goto out; - } - cfg80211_register_wdev(rdev, wdev); ret = 0; out: -- cgit