Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: do not nulify ctx->vif on reset

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

On Tue, 2012-03-13 at 16:10 +0100, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> ctx->vif is dereferenced in different part of iwlwifi code, so do not
> nullify it.
> 
> This should address at least one of the possible reasons of WARNING at
> iwlagn_mac_remove_interface, and perhaps some random crashes when
> firmware reset is performed.

I'm not completely convinced -- there are parts of the driver that are
active even when no interface has ever been added.

Have you seen crashes due to this? I have seen the warning in the past
but in some recent firmware reset testing I never ran into it again...

johannes

> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c      |    3 ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-mac80211.c |   10 +++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
> index 28422c0..6375e5a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
> @@ -862,7 +862,6 @@ static void iwl_bg_run_time_calib_work(struct work_struct *work)
>  
>  void iwlagn_prepare_restart(struct iwl_priv *priv)
>  {
> -	struct iwl_rxon_context *ctx;
>  	bool bt_full_concurrent;
>  	u8 bt_ci_compliance;
>  	u8 bt_load;
> @@ -871,8 +870,6 @@ void iwlagn_prepare_restart(struct iwl_priv *priv)
>  
>  	lockdep_assert_held(&priv->mutex);
>  
> -	for_each_context(priv, ctx)
> -		ctx->vif = NULL;
>  	priv->is_open = 0;
>  
>  	/*
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-mac80211.c
> index 9212ee3..4e8786d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-mac80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-mac80211.c
> @@ -1241,6 +1241,7 @@ static int iwlagn_mac_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>  	struct iwl_rxon_context *tmp, *ctx = NULL;
>  	int err;
>  	enum nl80211_iftype viftype = ieee80211_vif_type_p2p(vif);
> +	bool reset = false;
>  
>  	IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211(priv, "enter: type %d, addr %pM\n",
>  			   viftype, vif->addr);
> @@ -1262,6 +1263,13 @@ static int iwlagn_mac_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>  			tmp->interface_modes | tmp->exclusive_interface_modes;
>  
>  		if (tmp->vif) {
> +			/* On reset we need to add the same interface again */
> +			if (tmp->vif == vif) {
> +				reset = true;
> +				ctx = tmp;
> +				break;
> +			}
> +
>  			/* check if this busy context is exclusive */
>  			if (tmp->exclusive_interface_modes &
>  						BIT(tmp->vif->type)) {
> @@ -1288,7 +1296,7 @@ static int iwlagn_mac_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
>  	ctx->vif = vif;
>  
>  	err = iwl_setup_interface(priv, ctx);
> -	if (!err)
> +	if (!err || reset)
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	ctx->vif = NULL;