rt2x00: use atomic variable for seqno

commit e5851dac2c95af7159716832300b9f50c62c648e upstream.

Remove spinlock as atomic_t can be used instead. Note we use only 16
lower bits, upper bits are changed but we impilcilty cast to u16.

This fix possible deadlock on IBSS mode reproted by lockdep:

=================================
[ INFO: inconsistent lock state ]
3.4.0-wl+ #4 Not tainted
---------------------------------
inconsistent {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} -> {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} usage.
kworker/u:2/30374 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:
 (&(&intf->seqlock)->rlock){+.?...}, at: [<f9979a20>] rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor+0x380/0x490 [rt2x00lib]
{IN-SOFTIRQ-W} state was registered at:
  [<c04978ab>] __lock_acquire+0x47b/0x1050
  [<c0498504>] lock_acquire+0x84/0xf0
  [<c0835733>] _raw_spin_lock+0x33/0x40
  [<f9979a20>] rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor+0x380/0x490 [rt2x00lib]
  [<f9979f2a>] rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame+0x1a/0x300 [rt2x00lib]
  [<f997834f>] rt2x00mac_tx+0x7f/0x380 [rt2x00lib]
  [<f98fe363>] __ieee80211_tx+0x1b3/0x300 [mac80211]
  [<f98ffdf5>] ieee80211_tx+0x105/0x130 [mac80211]
  [<f99000dd>] ieee80211_xmit+0xad/0x100 [mac80211]
  [<f9900519>] ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0x2d9/0x930 [mac80211]
  [<c0782e87>] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x307/0x660
  [<c079bb71>] sch_direct_xmit+0xa1/0x1e0
  [<c0784bb3>] dev_queue_xmit+0x183/0x730
  [<c078c27a>] neigh_resolve_output+0xfa/0x1e0
  [<c07b436a>] ip_finish_output+0x24a/0x460
  [<c07b4897>] ip_output+0xb7/0x100
  [<c07b2d60>] ip_local_out+0x20/0x60
  [<c07e01ff>] igmpv3_sendpack+0x4f/0x60
  [<c07e108f>] igmp_ifc_timer_expire+0x29f/0x330
  [<c04520fc>] run_timer_softirq+0x15c/0x2f0
  [<c0449e3e>] __do_softirq+0xae/0x1e0
irq event stamp: 18380437
hardirqs last  enabled at (18380437): [<c0526027>] __slab_alloc.clone.3+0x67/0x5f0
hardirqs last disabled at (18380436): [<c0525ff3>] __slab_alloc.clone.3+0x33/0x5f0
softirqs last  enabled at (18377616): [<c0449eb3>] __do_softirq+0x123/0x1e0
softirqs last disabled at (18377611): [<c041278d>] do_softirq+0x9d/0xe0

other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(&(&intf->seqlock)->rlock);
  <Interrupt>
    lock(&(&intf->seqlock)->rlock);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

4 locks held by kworker/u:2/30374:
 #0:  (wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy)){++++.+}, at: [<c045cf99>] process_one_work+0x109/0x3f0
 #1:  ((&sdata->work)){+.+.+.}, at: [<c045cf99>] process_one_work+0x109/0x3f0
 #2:  (&ifibss->mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<f98f005b>] ieee80211_ibss_work+0x1b/0x470 [mac80211]
 #3:  (&intf->beacon_skb_mutex){+.+...}, at: [<f997a644>] rt2x00queue_update_beacon+0x24/0x50 [rt2x00lib]

stack backtrace:
Pid: 30374, comm: kworker/u:2 Not tainted 3.4.0-wl+ #4
Call Trace:
 [<c04962a6>] print_usage_bug+0x1f6/0x220
 [<c0496a12>] mark_lock+0x2c2/0x300
 [<c0495ff0>] ? check_usage_forwards+0xc0/0xc0
 [<c04978ec>] __lock_acquire+0x4bc/0x1050
 [<c0527890>] ? __kmalloc_track_caller+0x1c0/0x1d0
 [<c0777fb6>] ? copy_skb_header+0x26/0x90
 [<c0498504>] lock_acquire+0x84/0xf0
 [<f9979a20>] ? rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor+0x380/0x490 [rt2x00lib]
 [<c0835733>] _raw_spin_lock+0x33/0x40
 [<f9979a20>] ? rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor+0x380/0x490 [rt2x00lib]
 [<f9979a20>] rt2x00queue_create_tx_descriptor+0x380/0x490 [rt2x00lib]
 [<f997a5cf>] rt2x00queue_update_beacon_locked+0x5f/0xb0 [rt2x00lib]
 [<f997a64d>] rt2x00queue_update_beacon+0x2d/0x50 [rt2x00lib]
 [<f9977e3a>] rt2x00mac_bss_info_changed+0x1ca/0x200 [rt2x00lib]
 [<f9977c70>] ? rt2x00mac_remove_interface+0x70/0x70 [rt2x00lib]
 [<f98e4dd0>] ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify+0xe0/0x1d0 [mac80211]
 [<f98ef7b8>] __ieee80211_sta_join_ibss+0x3b8/0x610 [mac80211]
 [<c0496ab4>] ? mark_held_locks+0x64/0xc0
 [<c0440012>] ? virt_efi_query_capsule_caps+0x12/0x50
 [<f98efb09>] ieee80211_sta_join_ibss+0xf9/0x140 [mac80211]
 [<f98f0456>] ieee80211_ibss_work+0x416/0x470 [mac80211]
 [<c0496d8b>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0x10
 [<c077683b>] ? skb_dequeue+0x4b/0x70
 [<f98f207f>] ieee80211_iface_work+0x13f/0x230 [mac80211]
 [<c045cf99>] ? process_one_work+0x109/0x3f0
 [<c045d015>] process_one_work+0x185/0x3f0
 [<c045cf99>] ? process_one_work+0x109/0x3f0
 [<f98f1f40>] ? ieee80211_teardown_sdata+0xa0/0xa0 [mac80211]
 [<c045ed86>] worker_thread+0x116/0x270
 [<c045ec70>] ? manage_workers+0x1e0/0x1e0
 [<c0462f64>] kthread+0x84/0x90
 [<c0462ee0>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x60/0x60
 [<c083d382>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>
Acked-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
index 471f87cab4ab..c264dfa6e611 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
@@ -396,8 +396,7 @@ struct rt2x00_intf {
 	 * for hardware which doesn't support hardware
 	 * sequence counting.
 	 */
-	spinlock_t seqlock;
-	u16 seqno;
+	atomic_t seqno;
 };
 
 static inline struct rt2x00_intf* vif_to_intf(struct ieee80211_vif *vif)