Monitor(mon.) interface is used for handling the AP mode and 'ieee80211_ptr'
reference is not getting set for it. Like earlier implementation,
use register_netdevice() instead of cfg80211_register_netdevice() which
expects valid 'ieee80211_ptr' reference to avoid the possible crash.
Fixes: 2fe8ef1062 ("cfg80211: change netdev registration/unregistration semantics")
Signed-off-by: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@microchip.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220504161924.2146601-3-ajay.kathat@microchip.com
We used to not require anything in terms of registering netdevs
with cfg80211, using a netdev notifier instead. However, in the
next patch reducing RTNL locking, this causes big problems, and
the simplest way is to just require drivers to do things better.
Change the registration/unregistration semantics to require the
drivers to call cfg80211_(un)register_netdevice() when this is
happening due to a cfg80211 request, i.e. add_virtual_intf() or
del_virtual_intf() (or if it somehow has to happen in any other
cfg80211 callback).
Otherwise, in other contexts, drivers may continue to use the
normal netdev (un)registration functions as usual.
Internally, we still use the netdev notifier and track (by the
new wdev->registered bool) if the wdev had already been added
to cfg80211 or not.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210122161942.cf2f4b65e4e9.Ida8234e50da13eb675b557bac52a713ad4eddf71@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
