[PATCH] drivers:net:wireless: Add mutex locking for function, b43_op_beacon_set_time in main.c

[Rafał Miłecki]

On 28 November 2014 at 23:16, Nicholas Krause <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
> Adds needed mutex lockng  of wl->mutex in order to prevent issues with separate threads executing on
> the b43_update_templates function call in the function, b43_op_beacon_set_time at the same time.

For all kind of kernel documentation / descriptions we try to fit 72
chars limit and we really try to avoid exceeding 80 chars.


> @@ -5094,8 +5094,9 @@ static int b43_op_beacon_set_tim(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>  {
>         struct b43_wl *wl = hw_to_b43_wl(hw);
>
> -       /* FIXME: add locking */
> +       mutex_lock(&wl->mutex);
>         b43_update_templates(wl);
> +       mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
>
>         return 0;
>  }

Does anyone remember why this simple solution wasn't implemented
earlier? Michael?

Nicholas: did you test it anyhow?