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authorLuciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>2011-06-30 08:32:41 +0300
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2011-07-05 14:42:36 -0400
commitc10841ca722a0bc960dc541c51582773f9a24f98 (patch)
treef1e5901db0a530cfd4008f718a908a86bddcb333 /net/wireless/core.h
parent37000b305bff81bb1ee2f7f37b1319b670a08f76 (diff)
cfg80211: fix deadlock with rfkill/sched_scan by adding new mutex
There was a deadlock when rfkill-blocking a wireless interface, because we were locking the rdev mutex on NETDEV_GOING_DOWN to stop sched_scans that were eventually running. The rfkill block code was already holding a mutex under rdev: kernel: ======================================================= kernel: [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] kernel: 3.0.0-rc1-00049-g1fa7b6a #57 kernel: ------------------------------------------------------- kernel: kworker/0:1/4525 is trying to acquire lock: kernel: (&rdev->mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8164c831>] cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call+0x131/0x5b0 kernel: kernel: but task is already holding lock: kernel: (&rdev->devlist_mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8164dcef>] cfg80211_rfkill_set_block+0x4f/0xa0 kernel: kernel: which lock already depends on the new lock. To fix this, add a new mutex specifically for sched_scan, to protect the sched_scan_req element in the rdev struct, instead of using the global rdev mutex. Reported-by: Duane Griffin <duaneg@dghda.com> Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless/core.h')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.h b/net/wireless/core.h
index 3dce1f167eb..a570ff9214e 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.h
+++ b/net/wireless/core.h
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ struct cfg80211_registered_device {
struct work_struct scan_done_wk;
struct work_struct sched_scan_results_wk;
+ struct mutex sched_scan_mtx;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_NL80211_TESTMODE
struct genl_info *testmode_info;
#endif