From 07445f688218a48bde72316aed9de4fdcc173131 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:29:05 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: Fix kernel panic during driver initilization all works need to be initialized before ieee80211_register_hw to prevent mac80211 call backs such as drv_start, drv_config getting started. otherwise we would queue/cancel works before initializing them and it leads to kernel panic. this issue can be recreated with the following script in Chrome laptops with AR928X cards, with background scan running (or) Network manager is running while true do sudo modprobe -v ath9k sleep 3 sudo modprobe -r ath9k sleep 3 done EIP: [<81040a47>] __cancel_work_timer+0xb8/0xe1 SS:ESP 0068:f6be9d70 ---[ end trace 4f86d6139a9900ef ]--- Registered led device: ath9k-phy0 ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9280 Rev:2 mem=0xf88a0000, irq=16 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception Pid: 456, comm: wpa_supplicant Tainted: G D 3.0.13 #1 Call Trace: [<81379e21>] panic+0x53/0x14a [<81004a30>] oops_end+0x73/0x81 [<81004b53>] die+0x4c/0x55 [<81002710>] do_trap+0x7c/0x83 [<81002855>] ? do_bounds+0x58/0x58 [<810028cc>] do_invalid_op+0x77/0x81 [<81040a47>] ? __cancel_work_timer+0xb8/0xe1 [<810489ec>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x81/0x11f [<8103f809>] ? wait_on_work+0xe2/0xf7 [<8137f807>] error_code+0x67/0x6c [<810300d8>] ? wait_consider_task+0x4ba/0x84c [<81040a47>] ? __cancel_work_timer+0xb8/0xe1 [<810380c9>] ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0x5f/0x67 [<81040a91>] cancel_work_sync+0xf/0x11 [] ath_set_channel+0x62/0x25c [ath9k] [] ? ath9k_tx_last_beacon+0x26a/0x85c [ath9k] [] ath_radio_disable+0x3f1/0x68e [ath9k] [] ieee80211_hw_config+0x111/0x116 [mac80211] [] __ieee80211_recalc_idle+0x919/0xa37 [mac80211] [] __ieee80211_recalc_idle+0xa33/0xa37 [mac80211] [<812dbed8>] __dev_open+0x82/0xab Cc: Cc: Gary Morain Cc: Paul Stewart Cc: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan Tested-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c index abf9435..53a005d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c @@ -822,6 +822,11 @@ int ath9k_init_device(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc, ARRAY_SIZE(ath9k_tpt_blink)); #endif + INIT_WORK(&sc->hw_reset_work, ath_reset_work); + INIT_WORK(&sc->hw_check_work, ath_hw_check); + INIT_WORK(&sc->paprd_work, ath_paprd_calibrate); + INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sc->hw_pll_work, ath_hw_pll_work); + /* Register with mac80211 */ error = ieee80211_register_hw(hw); if (error) @@ -840,10 +845,6 @@ int ath9k_init_device(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc, goto error_world; } - INIT_WORK(&sc->hw_reset_work, ath_reset_work); - INIT_WORK(&sc->hw_check_work, ath_hw_check); - INIT_WORK(&sc->paprd_work, ath_paprd_calibrate); - INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sc->hw_pll_work, ath_hw_pll_work); sc->last_rssi = ATH_RSSI_DUMMY_MARKER; ath_init_leds(sc); -- 2.7.4