Hi Hans,
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 04:55:00PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> From: Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> when turning off a connection, lockdep complains with the
> following warning (a modprobe has been done but the same
> happens with a disconnection from NetworkManager,
> it's enough to trigger a cfg80211_disconnect call):
>
> [ 682.855867] ======================================================
> [ 682.855877] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
> [ 682.855887] 5.14.0-rc6+ #16 Tainted: G C OE
> [ 682.855898] ------------------------------------------------------
> [ 682.855906] modprobe/1770 is trying to acquire lock:
> [ 682.855916] ffffb6d000332b00 (&pxmitpriv->lock){+.-.}-{2:2},
> at: rtw_free_stainfo+0x52/0x4a0 [r8723bs]
> [ 682.856073]
> but task is already holding lock:
> [ 682.856081] ffffb6d0003336a8 (&pstapriv->sta_hash_lock){+.-.}-{2:2},
> at: rtw_free_assoc_resources+0x48/0x110 [r8723bs]
> [ 682.856207]
> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>
> [ 682.856215]
> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
<snip>
thank you for working on this, at a first look
the patch series looks good.
I will test it tomorrow.
Thank you,
fabio
