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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2013-01-14 16:56:46 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2013-02-03 18:27:03 -0600
commit94076a8cfd22ee8ab5e299bd3f5f603b60976a6d (patch)
tree5bebdf6b0bde7981e4937a82be7849d4884e4c4f /drivers
parente6dfa60488226d35f04b21f760cb17b05481ebe5 (diff)
ath9k: disable the tasklet before taking the PCU lock
commit 4668cce527acb3bd048c5e6c99b157a14b214671 upstream. Fixes a reported CPU soft lockup where the tasklet tries to acquire the lock and blocks while ath_prepare_reset (holding the lock) waits for it to complete. Reported-by: Robert Shade <robert.shade@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index a38236627821..7909e4309411 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -195,16 +195,12 @@ static bool ath_prepare_reset(struct ath_softc *sc, bool retry_tx)
ath9k_debug_samp_bb_mac(sc);
ath9k_hw_disable_interrupts(ah);
- tasklet_disable(&sc->intr_tq);
-
if (!ath_stoprecv(sc))
ret = false;
if (!ath_drain_all_txq(sc, retry_tx))
ret = false;
- tasklet_enable(&sc->intr_tq);
-
return ret;
}
@@ -261,6 +257,7 @@ static int ath_reset_internal(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath9k_channel *hchan,
__ath_cancel_work(sc);
+ tasklet_disable(&sc->intr_tq);
spin_lock_bh(&sc->sc_pcu_lock);
if (!(sc->hw->conf.flags & IEEE80211_CONF_OFFCHANNEL)) {
@@ -291,6 +288,8 @@ static int ath_reset_internal(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath9k_channel *hchan,
out:
spin_unlock_bh(&sc->sc_pcu_lock);
+ tasklet_enable(&sc->intr_tq);
+
return r;
}