From: Felix Fietkau Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:56:46 +0000 (+0100) Subject: ath9k: disable the tasklet before taking the PCU lock X-Git-Tag: v3.8-rc7~2^2~11^2^2~19 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4668cce527acb3bd048c5e6c99b157a14b214671;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-3.10.git ath9k: disable the tasklet before taking the PCU lock 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. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Robert Shade Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c index 9844b75..3796e65 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c @@ -196,16 +196,12 @@ 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; } @@ -262,6 +258,7 @@ 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)) { @@ -296,6 +293,8 @@ 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; }