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authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>2013-01-14 15:56:46 (GMT)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2013-01-14 20:02:22 (GMT)
commit4668cce527acb3bd048c5e6c99b157a14b214671 (patch)
tree33aadaddf6dbd9dba6af7cf1bd227f036b1b316d /drivers
parent463e3ed3eacc8f47866e5d612bd8ee0bcee5e2f0 (diff)
downloadlinux-4668cce527acb3bd048c5e6c99b157a14b214671.tar.xz
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 <robert.shade@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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 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;
}