Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Commit 49f86ec21c01 ("rtlwifi: Change long delays to sleeps") was correct
> for most cases; however, driver rtl8192ce calls the affected routines while
> in atomic context. The kernel bug output is as follows:
>
> BUG: scheduling while atomic: wpa_supplicant/627/0x00000002
> [...]
> [<ffffffff815c2b39>] __schedule+0x899/0xad0
> [<ffffffff815c2dac>] schedule+0x3c/0x90
> [<ffffffff815c5bb2>] schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock+0xa2/0x120
> [<ffffffff810e8b80>] ? hrtimer_init+0x120/0x120
> [<ffffffff815c5ba6>] ? schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock+0x96/0x120
> [<ffffffff815c5c43>] schedule_hrtimeout_range+0x13/0x20
> [<ffffffff815c568f>] usleep_range+0x4f/0x70
> [<ffffffffa0667218>] rtl_rfreg_delay+0x38/0x50 [rtlwifi]
> [<ffffffffa06dd0e7>] rtl92c_phy_config_rf_with_headerfile+0xc7/0xe0 [rtl8192ce]
>
> To fix this bug, three of the changes from delay to sleep are reverted.
> Unfortunately, one of the changes involves a delay of 50 msec. The calling
> code will be modified so that this long delay can be avoided; however,
> this change is being pushed now to fix the problem in kernel 4.6.0.
>
> Fixes: 49f86ec21c01 ("rtlwifi: Change long delays to sleeps")
> Reported-by: James Feeney <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Feeney <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [4.6+]
I'm planning to queue this to 4.7.
--
Kalle Valo
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