From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: linville@tuxdriver.com
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3 V2] b43: Fix lockdep splat
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 15:11:37 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1389561099-17181-2-git-send-email-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1389561099-17181-1-git-send-email-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
In https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67561, a locking dependency is reported
when b43 is used with hostapd, and rfkill is used to kill the radio output.
The lockdep splat (in part) is as follows:
======================================================
[ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
3.12.0 #1 Not tainted
-------------------------------------------------------
rfkill/10040 is trying to acquire lock:
(rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8146f282>] rtnl_lock+0x12/0x20
but task is already holding lock:
(rfkill_global_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa04832ca>] rfkill_fop_write+0x6a/0x170 [rfkill]
--snip--
Chain exists of:
rtnl_mutex --> misc_mtx --> rfkill_global_mutex
The fix is to move the initialization of the hardware random number generator
outside the code range covered by the rtnl_mutex.
Reported-by: yury <urykhy@gmail.com>
Tested-by: yury <urykhy@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
---
V2 is identical to V1.
drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c | 17 +++++++++++------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
index ccd24f0a..86b2030 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -2424,6 +2424,7 @@ error:
static int b43_one_core_attach(struct b43_bus_dev *dev, struct b43_wl *wl);
static void b43_one_core_detach(struct b43_bus_dev *dev);
+static int b43_rng_init(struct b43_wl *wl);
static void b43_request_firmware(struct work_struct *work)
{
@@ -2475,6 +2476,10 @@ start_ieee80211:
goto err_one_core_detach;
wl->hw_registred = true;
b43_leds_register(wl->current_dev);
+
+ /* Register HW RNG driver */
+ b43_rng_init(wl);
+
goto out;
err_one_core_detach:
@@ -4636,9 +4641,6 @@ static void b43_wireless_core_exit(struct b43_wldev *dev)
if (!dev || b43_status(dev) != B43_STAT_INITIALIZED)
return;
- /* Unregister HW RNG driver */
- b43_rng_exit(dev->wl);
-
b43_set_status(dev, B43_STAT_UNINIT);
/* Stop the microcode PSM. */
@@ -4795,9 +4797,6 @@ static int b43_wireless_core_init(struct b43_wldev *dev)
b43_set_status(dev, B43_STAT_INITIALIZED);
- /* Register HW RNG driver */
- b43_rng_init(dev->wl);
-
out:
return err;
@@ -5464,6 +5463,9 @@ static void b43_bcma_remove(struct bcma_device *core)
b43_one_core_detach(wldev->dev);
+ /* Unregister HW RNG driver */
+ b43_rng_exit(wl);
+
b43_leds_unregister(wl);
ieee80211_free_hw(wl->hw);
@@ -5541,6 +5543,9 @@ static void b43_ssb_remove(struct ssb_device *sdev)
b43_one_core_detach(dev);
+ /* Unregister HW RNG driver */
+ b43_rng_exit(wl);
+
if (list_empty(&wl->devlist)) {
b43_leds_unregister(wl);
/* Last core on the chip unregistered.
--
1.8.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-01-12 21:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-12 21:11 [PATCH 0/3 V2] iFixes for b43 and b43legacy Larry Finger
2014-01-12 21:11 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2014-01-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 2/3 V2] b43: Fix unload oops if firmware is not available Larry Finger
2014-01-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 3/3 V2] b43legacy: " Larry Finger
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