From: Stanislaw Gruszka Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:15:12 +0000 (+0100) Subject: ath9k_htc: fix race conditions when stop device X-Git-Tag: v3.0~1578^2~16^2~32 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ea888357ec005abffb95acee2e61aac68dff429c;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-amlogic.git ath9k_htc: fix race conditions when stop device We do not kill any scheduled tasklets when stopping device, that may cause usage of resources after free. Disable interrupts, kill tasklets and then works in correct order. Cc: stable@kernel.org Tested-by: Sujith Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c index 38433f9..0352f09 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c @@ -142,9 +142,6 @@ static void ath9k_deinit_priv(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv) { ath9k_htc_exit_debug(priv->ah); ath9k_hw_deinit(priv->ah); - tasklet_kill(&priv->swba_tasklet); - tasklet_kill(&priv->rx_tasklet); - tasklet_kill(&priv->tx_tasklet); kfree(priv->ah); priv->ah = NULL; } diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c index f4d576b..6bb5995 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c @@ -1025,12 +1025,6 @@ static void ath9k_htc_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) int ret = 0; u8 cmd_rsp; - /* Cancel all the running timers/work .. */ - cancel_work_sync(&priv->fatal_work); - cancel_work_sync(&priv->ps_work); - cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->ath9k_led_blink_work); - ath9k_led_stop_brightness(priv); - mutex_lock(&priv->mutex); if (priv->op_flags & OP_INVALID) { @@ -1044,8 +1038,23 @@ static void ath9k_htc_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) WMI_CMD(WMI_DISABLE_INTR_CMDID); WMI_CMD(WMI_DRAIN_TXQ_ALL_CMDID); WMI_CMD(WMI_STOP_RECV_CMDID); + + tasklet_kill(&priv->swba_tasklet); + tasklet_kill(&priv->rx_tasklet); + tasklet_kill(&priv->tx_tasklet); + skb_queue_purge(&priv->tx_queue); + mutex_unlock(&priv->mutex); + + /* Cancel all the running timers/work .. */ + cancel_work_sync(&priv->fatal_work); + cancel_work_sync(&priv->ps_work); + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->ath9k_led_blink_work); + ath9k_led_stop_brightness(priv); + + mutex_lock(&priv->mutex); + /* Remove monitor interface here */ if (ah->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR) { if (ath9k_htc_remove_monitor_interface(priv))