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-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
index b9902e425f09..189d0bafa91a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs_sta.c
@@ -249,11 +249,22 @@ void ieee80211_sta_debugfs_add(struct sta_info *sta)
DECLARE_MAC_BUF(mbuf);
u8 *mac;
+ sta->debugfs.add_has_run = true;
+
if (!stations_dir)
return;
mac = print_mac(mbuf, sta->sta.addr);
+ /*
+ * This might fail due to a race condition:
+ * When mac80211 unlinks a station, the debugfs entries
+ * remain, but it is already possible to link a new
+ * station with the same address which triggers adding
+ * it to debugfs; therefore, if the old station isn't
+ * destroyed quickly enough the old station's debugfs
+ * dir might still be around.
+ */
sta->debugfs.dir = debugfs_create_dir(mac, stations_dir);
if (!sta->debugfs.dir)
return;