Re: [PATCH] net: mac80211: tx.c: be sure of 'sdata->vif.type' mustbe NL80211_IFTYPE_AP when be in NL80211_IFTYPE_AP case

[Johannes Berg]

> +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
> @@ -1814,8 +1814,9 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  			break;
>  		/* fall through */
>  	case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
> -		if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
> -			chanctx_conf = rcu_dereference(sdata->vif.chanctx_conf);
> +		if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
> +			goto fail_rcu;
> +		chanctx_conf = rcu_dereference(sdata->vif.chanctx_conf);

This change is completely wrong.

johannes

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