From: Sean Wang <sean.wang@kernel.org>
To: nbd@nbd.name, lorenzo@kernel.org
Cc: allan.wang@mediatek.com, quan.zhou@mediatek.com,
leon.yen@mediatek.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org,
Sean Wang <sean.wang@mediatek.com>
Subject: [PATCH] wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix potential deadlock in mt7921_roc_abort_sync
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:00:13 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260126180013.8167-1-sean.wang@kernel.org> (raw)
From: Sean Wang <sean.wang@mediatek.com>
roc_abort_sync() can deadlock with roc_work(). roc_work() holds
dev->mt76.mutex, while cancel_work_sync() waits for roc_work()
to finish. If the caller already owns the same mutex, both
sides block and no progress is possible.
This deadlock can occur during station removal when
mt76_sta_state() -> mt76_sta_remove() -> mt7921_mac_sta_remove() ->
mt7921_roc_abort_sync() invokes cancel_work_sync() while
roc_work() is still running and holding dev->mt76.mutex.
This avoids the mutex deadlock and preserves exactly-once
work ownership.
Fixes: 352d966126e6 ("wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix a potential association failure upon resuming")
Co-developed-by: Quan Zhou <quan.zhou@mediatek.com>
Signed-off-by: Quan Zhou <quan.zhou@mediatek.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Wang <sean.wang@mediatek.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/main.c | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/main.c
index 05793a786644..ddb81ca6bda0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/main.c
@@ -371,12 +371,15 @@ void mt7921_roc_abort_sync(struct mt792x_dev *dev)
{
struct mt792x_phy *phy = &dev->phy;
+ if (!test_and_clear_bit(MT76_STATE_ROC, &phy->mt76->state))
+ return;
+
timer_delete_sync(&phy->roc_timer);
- cancel_work_sync(&phy->roc_work);
- if (test_and_clear_bit(MT76_STATE_ROC, &phy->mt76->state))
- ieee80211_iterate_interfaces(mt76_hw(dev),
- IEEE80211_IFACE_ITER_RESUME_ALL,
- mt7921_roc_iter, (void *)phy);
+ cancel_work(&phy->roc_work);
+
+ ieee80211_iterate_interfaces(mt76_hw(dev),
+ IEEE80211_IFACE_ITER_RESUME_ALL,
+ mt7921_roc_iter, (void *)phy);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mt7921_roc_abort_sync);
--
2.43.0
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