RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: handle race during mwifiex_usb_disconnect

[Ganapathi Bhat <gbhat@marvell.com>]

Hi Brian,

> > @@ -644,6 +644,9 @@ static void mwifiex_usb_disconnect(struct
> usb_interface *intf)
> >                                      MWIFIEX_FUNC_SHUTDOWN);
> >     }
> >
> > +   if (adapter->workqueue)
> > +           flush_workqueue(adapter->workqueue);
>
> This seems like a bad fix. I'm fairly sure there's another race in here
> somewhere, and at a minimum, this is fragile code.
Ok. Did you mean there can be some RX work pending at this point, which can
cause a similar race for rx URBs?
>
> Instead, can't you just move the mwifiex_usb_free() into a .cleanup_if()
> or .unregister_dev() callback? That's what your other drivers (PCIe and
> SDIO) use to clean up old buffers and stop bus activity; those are
> called after the appropriate synchronization points; and I'm pretty sure
> I've already audited those to be more or less safe.
Ok. Yes, this is a better fix for this issue. I will revert the earlier fix and upstream this version.
>
> Brian
>
> > +
> >     mwifiex_usb_free(card);
> >
> >     mwifiex_dbg(adapter, FATAL,
> > --
> > 1.9.1
> >
Thanks,
Ganapathi