From: Yu-Hsiang Tseng <asas1asas200@gmail.com>
To: Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@kernel.org>, ath12k@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Rameshkumar Sundaram <quic_ramess@quicinc.com>,
Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>,
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Clark Williams <clrkwllms@kernel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH v2] wifi: ath12k: fix false positive RCU warnings on PREEMPT_RT
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:25:00 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260421172500.1050754-1-asas1asas200@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4cdf2e61-fe69-4168-9df7-55bb71585dfe@oss.qualcomm.com>
Two functions in ath12k assert that the caller holds an RCU read lock:
ath12k_mac_get_arvif() and ath12k_p2p_noa_update_vdev_iter(). Both use:
WARN_ON(!rcu_read_lock_any_held());
On PREEMPT_RT kernels built with CONFIG_PROVE_RCU=n, this produces a
false positive splat whenever these functions are invoked from paths
that do hold the RCU read lock (e.g. firmware stats processing or
mac80211 interface iteration).
Root cause:
- On !PROVE_RCU, rcu_read_lock_any_held() is a static inline that
returns !preemptible() as a proxy for "in an RCU read section".
- On PREEMPT_RT, rcu_read_lock() does not disable preemption. A
task can therefore be preemptible while legitimately holding an
RCU read lock.
- Callers such as ath12k_wmi_tlv_rssi_chain_parse() (via guard(rcu)())
and ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic() do hold the RCU
read lock, so these warnings are incorrect.
Typical splat seen on a WCN7850 station with periodic fw stats
processing:
WARNING: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c:791 at
ath12k_mac_get_arvif+0x9e/0xd0 [ath12k]
Tainted: G W O 6.19.13-rt #1 PREEMPT_RT
Call Trace:
ath12k_wmi_tlv_rssi_chain_parse+0x69/0x170 [ath12k]
ath12k_wmi_tlv_iter+0x7f/0x120 [ath12k]
ath12k_wmi_tlv_fw_stats_parse+0x342/0x6b0 [ath12k]
ath12k_wmi_op_rx+0xe9e/0x3150 [ath12k]
ath12k_htc_rx_completion_handler+0x3df/0x5b0 [ath12k]
ath12k_ce_per_engine_service+0x325/0x3e0 [ath12k]
ath12k_pci_ce_workqueue+0x20/0x40 [ath12k]
Replace the WARN_ON() with RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(), which is gated on
debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() and therefore compiles out entirely
when PROVE_RCU is disabled. PROVE_RCU kernels continue to get the
full lockdep-based check.
Fixes: 3dd2c68f206e ("wifi: ath12k: prepare vif data structure for MLO handling")
Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c5-00302-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1.115823.3
Suggested-by: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Yu-Hsiang Tseng <asas1asas200@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Also fix the same WARN_ON() in ath12k_p2p_noa_update_vdev_iter()
(suggested by Baochen Qiang)
- Update commit message to cover both call sites
Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/ath12k/20260420161049.695518-1-asas1asas200@gmail.com/
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c | 3 ++-
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/p2p.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
index fbdfe6424fd7..a772a5b6adc9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
@@ -788,7 +788,8 @@ struct ath12k_link_vif *ath12k_mac_get_arvif(struct ath12k *ar, u32 vdev_id)
/* To use the arvif returned, caller must have held rcu read lock.
*/
- WARN_ON(!rcu_read_lock_any_held());
+ RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_read_lock_any_held(),
+ "RCU read lock not held");
arvif_iter.vdev_id = vdev_id;
arvif_iter.ar = ar;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/p2p.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/p2p.c
index 59589748f1a8..caa92612372b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/p2p.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/p2p.c
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ static void ath12k_p2p_noa_update_vdev_iter(void *data, u8 *mac,
struct ath12k_p2p_noa_arg *arg = data;
struct ath12k_link_vif *arvif;
- WARN_ON(!rcu_read_lock_any_held());
+ RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_read_lock_any_held(),
+ "RCU read lock not held");
arvif = &ahvif->deflink;
if (!arvif->is_created || arvif->ar != arg->ar || arvif->vdev_id != arg->vdev_id)
return;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-21 17:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-20 16:10 [PATCH] wifi: ath12k: fix false positive RCU warning on PREEMPT_RT Yu-Hsiang Tseng
2026-04-21 2:24 ` Baochen Qiang
2026-04-21 17:25 ` Yu-Hsiang Tseng [this message]
2026-04-21 17:32 ` [PATCH v2] wifi: ath12k: fix false positive RCU warnings " Rameshkumar Sundaram
2026-04-21 21:27 ` Jeff Johnson
2026-04-22 13:33 ` Jeff Johnson
2026-04-22 18:29 ` 曾昱翔
2026-04-22 2:06 ` Baochen Qiang
2026-04-22 14:23 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-04-22 18:12 ` Yu-Hsiang Tseng
2026-04-21 17:37 ` [PATCH] wifi: ath12k: fix false positive RCU warning " Yu-Hsiang Tseng
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