Re: [PATCH] wifi: nl80211: fix deadlock in nl80211_set_cqm_rssi (6.6.x)

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 09:39:30PM +0000, Léo Lam wrote:
> Commit 4a7e92551618f3737b305f62451353ee05662f57 ("wifi: cfg80211: fix
> CQM for non-range use" on 6.6.x) causes nl80211_set_cqm_rssi not to
> release the wdev lock in some situations.
> 
> Of course, the ensuing deadlock causes userland network managers to
> break pretty badly, and on typical systems this also causes lockups on
> on suspend, poweroff and reboot. See [1], [2], [3] for example reports.
> 
> The upstream commit, 7e7efdda6adb385fbdfd6f819d76bc68c923c394
> ("wifi: cfg80211: fix CQM for non-range use"), does not trigger this
> issue because the wdev lock does not exist there.
> 
> Fix the deadlock by releasing the lock before returning.
> 
> [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218247
> [2] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=290976
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/87sf4belmm.fsf@turtle.gmx.de/
> 
> Fixes: 4a7e92551618 ("wifi: cfg80211: fix CQM for non-range use")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Léo Lam <leo@leolam.fr>
> ---
>  net/wireless/nl80211.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

So this is only for the 6.6.y tree?  If so, you should at least cc: the
other wireless developers involved in the original fix, right?

And what commit actually fixed this issue upstream, why not take that
instead?

thanks,

greg k-h