This fixes some TX/RX related locking issues. With this patch applied, some of the PHY transmission errors are fixed. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> --- John, this is for 2.6.26. Index: wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h =================================================================== --- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h 2008-04-24 19:42:55.000000000 +0200 +++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h 2008-04-25 19:28:42.000000000 +0200 @@ -688,12 +688,16 @@ struct b43_wl { struct b43_wldev *current_dev; /* Pointer to the ieee80211 hardware data structure */ struct ieee80211_hw *hw; struct mutex mutex; spinlock_t irq_lock; + /* R/W lock for data transmission. + * Transmissions on 2+ queues can run concurrently, but somebody else + * might sync with TX by write_lock_irqsave()'ing. */ + rwlock_t tx_lock; /* Lock for LEDs access. */ spinlock_t leds_lock; /* Lock for SHM access. */ spinlock_t shm_lock; /* We can only have one operating interface (802.11 core) Index: wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c =================================================================== --- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c 2008-04-24 19:42:55.000000000 +0200 +++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c 2008-04-25 18:47:08.000000000 +0200 @@ -726,12 +726,13 @@ static void b43_synchronize_irq(struct b /* DummyTransmission function, as documented on * http://bcm-specs.sipsolutions.net/DummyTransmission */ void b43_dummy_transmission(struct b43_wldev *dev) { + struct b43_wl *wl = dev->wl; struct b43_phy *phy = &dev->phy; unsigned int i, max_loop; u16 value; u32 buffer[5] = { 0x00000000, 0x00D40000, @@ -752,12 +753,15 @@ void b43_dummy_transmission(struct b43_w break; default: B43_WARN_ON(1); return; } + spin_lock_irq(&wl->irq_lock); + write_lock(&wl->tx_lock); + for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) b43_ram_write(dev, i * 4, buffer[i]); /* Commit writes */ b43_read32(dev, B43_MMIO_MACCTL); @@ -792,12 +796,15 @@ void b43_dummy_transmission(struct b43_w if (!(value & 0x0100)) break; udelay(10); } if (phy->radio_ver == 0x2050 && phy->radio_rev <= 0x5) b43_radio_write16(dev, 0x0051, 0x0037); + + write_unlock(&wl->tx_lock); + spin_unlock_irq(&wl->irq_lock); } static void key_write(struct b43_wldev *dev, u8 index, u8 algorithm, const u8 * key) { unsigned int i; @@ -2821,30 +2828,37 @@ static int b43_rng_init(struct b43_wl *w static int b43_op_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ieee80211_tx_control *ctl) { struct b43_wl *wl = hw_to_b43_wl(hw); struct b43_wldev *dev = wl->current_dev; - int err = -ENODEV; + unsigned long flags; + int err; if (unlikely(skb->len < 2 + 2 + 6)) { /* Too short, this can't be a valid frame. */ - return -EINVAL; + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); + return NETDEV_TX_OK; } B43_WARN_ON(skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags); - if (unlikely(!dev)) - goto out; - if (unlikely(b43_status(dev) < B43_STAT_STARTED)) - goto out; - /* TX is done without a global lock. */ - if (b43_using_pio_transfers(dev)) - err = b43_pio_tx(dev, skb, ctl); - else - err = b43_dma_tx(dev, skb, ctl); -out: + return NETDEV_TX_BUSY; + + /* Transmissions on seperate queues can run concurrently. */ + read_lock_irqsave(&wl->tx_lock, flags); + + err = -ENODEV; + if (likely(b43_status(dev) >= B43_STAT_STARTED)) { + if (b43_using_pio_transfers(dev)) + err = b43_pio_tx(dev, skb, ctl); + else + err = b43_dma_tx(dev, skb, ctl); + } + + read_unlock_irqrestore(&wl->tx_lock, flags); + if (unlikely(err)) return NETDEV_TX_BUSY; return NETDEV_TX_OK; } /* Locking: wl->irq_lock */ @@ -3457,23 +3471,23 @@ static void b43_wireless_core_stop(struc spin_lock_irqsave(&wl->irq_lock, flags); dev->irq_savedstate = b43_interrupt_disable(dev, B43_IRQ_ALL); b43_read32(dev, B43_MMIO_GEN_IRQ_MASK); /* flush */ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wl->irq_lock, flags); b43_synchronize_irq(dev); + write_lock_irqsave(&wl->tx_lock, flags); b43_set_status(dev, B43_STAT_INITIALIZED); + write_unlock_irqrestore(&wl->tx_lock, flags); b43_pio_stop(dev); mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex); /* Must unlock as it would otherwise deadlock. No races here. * Cancel the possibly running self-rearming periodic work. */ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dev->periodic_work); mutex_lock(&wl->mutex); - ieee80211_stop_queues(wl->hw); //FIXME this could cause a deadlock, as mac80211 seems buggy. - b43_mac_suspend(dev); free_irq(dev->dev->irq, dev); b43dbg(wl, "Wireless interface stopped\n"); } /* Locking: wl->mutex */ @@ -4471,12 +4485,13 @@ static int b43_wireless_init(struct ssb_ /* Get and initialize struct b43_wl */ wl = hw_to_b43_wl(hw); memset(wl, 0, sizeof(*wl)); wl->hw = hw; spin_lock_init(&wl->irq_lock); + rwlock_init(&wl->tx_lock); spin_lock_init(&wl->leds_lock); spin_lock_init(&wl->shm_lock); mutex_init(&wl->mutex); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wl->devlist); INIT_WORK(&wl->qos_update_work, b43_qos_update_work); INIT_WORK(&wl->beacon_update_trigger, b43_beacon_update_trigger_work); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html