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authorLuis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>2009-07-30 17:38:08 -0700
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-08-04 16:44:18 -0400
commitabc7381bcca6ce9dc101f112a13e14957bfbda7e (patch)
treeb56d22241fbba51614e773617ef65f2b20661795 /net/wireless/core.c
parent4b44c8bc4d077f1a7a9e5e946a1400c3cbcadee7 (diff)
cfg80211: decouple regulatory variables from cfg80211_mutex
We change regulatory code to be protected by its own regulatory mutex and alleviate cfg80211_mutex to only be used to protect cfg80211_rdev_list, the registered device list. By doing this we will be able to work on regulatory core components without having to have hog up the cfg80211_mutex. An example here is we no longer need to use the cfg80211_mutex during driver specific wiphy_apply_custom_regulatory(). We also no longer need it for the the country IE regulatory hint; by doing so we end up curing this new lockdep warning: ======================================================= [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.31-rc4-wl #12 ------------------------------------------------------- phy1/1709 is trying to acquire lock: (cfg80211_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa00af852>] regulatory_hint_11d+0x32/0x3f0 [cfg80211] but task is already holding lock: (&ifmgd->mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa0144228>] ieee80211_sta_work+0x108/0x10f0 [mac80211] which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #3 (&ifmgd->mtx){+.+.+.}: [<ffffffff810857b6>] __lock_acquire+0xd76/0x12b0 [<ffffffff81085dd3>] lock_acquire+0xe3/0x120 [<ffffffff814eeae4>] mutex_lock_nested+0x44/0x350 [<ffffffffa0141bb8>] ieee80211_mgd_auth+0x108/0x1f0 [mac80211] [<ffffffffa0148563>] ieee80211_auth+0x13/0x20 [mac80211] [<ffffffffa00bc3a1>] __cfg80211_mlme_auth+0x1b1/0x2a0 [cfg80211] [<ffffffffa00bc516>] cfg80211_mlme_auth+0x86/0xc0 [cfg80211] [<ffffffffa00b368d>] nl80211_authenticate+0x21d/0x230 [cfg80211] [<ffffffff81416ba6>] genl_rcv_msg+0x1b6/0x1f0 [<ffffffff81415c39>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x89/0xb0 [<ffffffff814169d9>] genl_rcv+0x29/0x40 [<ffffffff8141591d>] netlink_unicast+0x29d/0x2b0 [<ffffffff81416514>] netlink_sendmsg+0x214/0x300 [<ffffffff813e4407>] sock_sendmsg+0x107/0x130 [<ffffffff813e45b9>] sys_sendmsg+0x189/0x320 [<ffffffff81011f82>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff -> #2 (&wdev->mtx){+.+.+.}: [<ffffffff810857b6>] __lock_acquire+0xd76/0x12b0 [<ffffffff81085dd3>] lock_acquire+0xe3/0x120 [<ffffffff814eeae4>] mutex_lock_nested+0x44/0x350 [<ffffffffa00ab304>] cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call+0x1a4/0x390 [cfg80211] [<ffffffff814f3dff>] notifier_call_chain+0x3f/0x80 [<ffffffff81075a91>] raw_notifier_call_chain+0x11/0x20 [<ffffffff813f665a>] dev_open+0x10a/0x120 [<ffffffff813f59bd>] dev_change_flags+0x9d/0x1e0 [<ffffffff8144eb6e>] devinet_ioctl+0x6fe/0x760 [<ffffffff81450204>] inet_ioctl+0x94/0xc0 [<ffffffff813e25fa>] sock_ioctl+0x6a/0x290 [<ffffffff8111e911>] vfs_ioctl+0x31/0xa0 [<ffffffff8111ea9a>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x8a/0x5c0 [<ffffffff8111f069>] sys_ioctl+0x99/0xa0 [<ffffffff81011f82>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff -> #1 (&rdev->mtx){+.+.+.}: [<ffffffff810857b6>] __lock_acquire+0xd76/0x12b0 [<ffffffff81085dd3>] lock_acquire+0xe3/0x120 [<ffffffff814eeae4>] mutex_lock_nested+0x44/0x350 [<ffffffffa00ac4d0>] cfg80211_get_dev_from_ifindex+0x60/0x90 [cfg80211] [<ffffffffa00b21ff>] get_rdev_dev_by_info_ifindex+0x6f/0xa0 [cfg80211] [<ffffffffa00b51eb>] nl80211_set_interface+0x3b/0x260 [cfg80211] [<ffffffff81416ba6>] genl_rcv_msg+0x1b6/0x1f0 [<ffffffff81415c39>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x89/0xb0 [<ffffffff814169d9>] genl_rcv+0x29/0x40 [<ffffffff8141591d>] netlink_unicast+0x29d/0x2b0 [<ffffffff81416514>] netlink_sendmsg+0x214/0x300 [<ffffffff813e4407>] sock_sendmsg+0x107/0x130 [<ffffffff813e45b9>] sys_sendmsg+0x189/0x320 [<ffffffff81011f82>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff other info that might help us debug this: 3 locks held by phy1/1709: #0: ((wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy))){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8106b45d>] worker_thread+0x19d/0x340 #1: (&ifmgd->work){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8106b45d>] worker_thread+0x19d/0x340 #2: (&ifmgd->mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa0144228>] ieee80211_sta_work+0x108/0x10f0 [mac80211] Reported-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless/core.c')
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/core.c4
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index 1493285b6a4d..cd7dff9c75f4 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("wireless configuration support");
LIST_HEAD(cfg80211_rdev_list);
/*
- * This is used to protect the cfg80211_rdev_list, cfg80211_regdomain,
- * country_ie_regdomain, the reg_beacon_list and the the last regulatory
- * request receipt (last_request).
+ * This is used to protect the cfg80211_rdev_list
*/
DEFINE_MUTEX(cfg80211_mutex);