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| author | Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> | 2016-12-13 12:32:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> | 2016-12-13 12:34:12 +0100 |
| commit | 4872c36c55f9423ac3a5859fd4eb42a23545632b (patch) | |
| tree | 73e829be3a7d44a1c220927f026919ccced018bd /package/kernel/mac80211 | |
| parent | 1b9a39c528bcad4f66821e15f8c2162075a40191 (diff) | |
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ath9k: add a RCU related bugfix
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Diffstat (limited to 'package/kernel/mac80211')
| -rw-r--r-- | package/kernel/mac80211/patches/329-ath9k-unlock-rcu-read-when-returning-early.patch | 65 |
1 files changed, 65 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/329-ath9k-unlock-rcu-read-when-returning-early.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/329-ath9k-unlock-rcu-read-when-returning-early.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b8ba355899 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/329-ath9k-unlock-rcu-read-when-returning-early.patch @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +From: Tobias Klausmann <tobias.johannes.klausmann@mni.thm.de> +Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 19:50:01 +0100 +Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: unlock rcu read when returning early + +Starting with ath9k: use ieee80211_tx_status_noskb where possible +[d94a461d7a7df68991fb9663531173f60ef89c68] the driver uses rcu_read_lock() && +rcu_read_unlock() yet on returning early in ath_tx_edma_tasklet() the unlock is +missing leading to stalls and suspicious RCU usage: + + =============================== + [ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ] + 4.9.0-rc8 #11 Not tainted + ------------------------------- + kernel/rcu/tree.c:705 Illegal idle entry in RCU read-side critical section.! + + other info that might help us debug this: + + RCU used illegally from idle CPU! + rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0 + RCU used illegally from extended quiescent state! + 1 lock held by swapper/7/0: + #0: + ( + rcu_read_lock + ){......} + , at: + [<ffffffffa06ed110>] ath_tx_edma_tasklet+0x0/0x450 [ath9k] + + stack backtrace: + CPU: 7 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Not tainted 4.9.0-rc8 #11 + Hardware name: Acer Aspire V3-571G/VA50_HC_CR, BIOS V2.21 12/16/2013 + ffff88025efc3f38 ffffffff8132b1e5 ffff88017ede4540 0000000000000001 + ffff88025efc3f68 ffffffff810a25f7 ffff88025efcee60 ffff88017edebdd8 + ffff88025eeb5400 0000000000000091 ffff88025efc3f88 ffffffff810c3cd4 + Call Trace: + <IRQ> + [<ffffffff8132b1e5>] dump_stack+0x68/0x93 + [<ffffffff810a25f7>] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0xd7/0x110 + [<ffffffff810c3cd4>] rcu_eqs_enter_common.constprop.85+0x154/0x200 + [<ffffffff810c5a54>] rcu_irq_exit+0x44/0xa0 + [<ffffffff81058631>] irq_exit+0x61/0xd0 + [<ffffffff81018d25>] do_IRQ+0x65/0x110 + [<ffffffff81672189>] common_interrupt+0x89/0x89 + <EOI> + [<ffffffff814ffe11>] ? cpuidle_enter_state+0x151/0x200 + [<ffffffff814ffee2>] cpuidle_enter+0x12/0x20 + [<ffffffff8109a6ae>] call_cpuidle+0x1e/0x40 + [<ffffffff8109a8f6>] cpu_startup_entry+0x146/0x220 + [<ffffffff810336f8>] start_secondary+0x148/0x170 + +Signed-off-by: Tobias Klausmann <tobias.johannes.klausmann@mni.thm.de> +Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> +--- + +--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c ++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c +@@ -2757,7 +2757,7 @@ void ath_tx_edma_tasklet(struct ath_soft + fifo_list = &txq->txq_fifo[txq->txq_tailidx]; + if (list_empty(fifo_list)) { + ath_txq_unlock(sc, txq); +- return; ++ break; + } + + bf = list_first_entry(fifo_list, struct ath_buf, list); |