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authorLior David <qca_liord@qca.qualcomm.com>2016-11-23 16:06:41 +0200
committerKalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>2016-11-23 16:49:53 +0200
commitdfb5b098e0f40b68aa07f2ec55f4dd762efefbfa (patch)
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wil6210: fix deadlock when using fw_no_recovery option
When FW crashes with no_fw_recovery option, driver waits for manual recovery with wil->mutex held, this can easily create deadlocks. Fix the problem by moving the wait outside the lock. Signed-off-by: Lior David <qca_liord@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: Maya Erez <qca_merez@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
index b04ff87d6682..a9bbd0be2e3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
@@ -388,18 +388,19 @@ static void wil_fw_error_worker(struct work_struct *work)
wil->last_fw_recovery = jiffies;
+ wil_info(wil, "fw error recovery requested (try %d)...\n",
+ wil->recovery_count);
+ if (!no_fw_recovery)
+ wil->recovery_state = fw_recovery_running;
+ if (wil_wait_for_recovery(wil) != 0)
+ return;
+
mutex_lock(&wil->mutex);
switch (wdev->iftype) {
case NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION:
case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT:
case NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR:
- wil_info(wil, "fw error recovery requested (try %d)...\n",
- wil->recovery_count);
- if (!no_fw_recovery)
- wil->recovery_state = fw_recovery_running;
- if (0 != wil_wait_for_recovery(wil))
- break;
-
+ /* silent recovery, upper layers will see disconnect */
__wil_down(wil);
__wil_up(wil);
break;