mac80211: split ieee80211_key_alloc/free
In order to RCU-ify sta_info, we need to be able to allocate a key without linking it to an sdata/sta structure (because allocation cannot be done in an rcu critical section). This patch splits up ieee80211_key_alloc() and updates all users appropriately. While at it, this patch fixes a number of race conditions such as finally making key replacement atomic, unfortunately at the expense of more complex code. Note that this patch documents /existing/ bugs with sta info and key interaction, there is currently a race condition when a sta info is freed without holding the RTNL. This will finally be fixed by a followup patch. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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