On 08/18/2016 11:59 PM, Michal Kazior wrote:
On 19 August 2016 at 03:26, <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I was seeing kernel crashes due to accessing freed memory
while debugging a 9984 firmware that was crashing often.
This patch fixes the crashes. I am not certain if there
is a better way or not.
Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
index 5659ef1..916119c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
@@ -4172,8 +4172,10 @@ static void ath10k_mac_txq_init(struct ieee80211_txq *txq)
static void ath10k_mac_txq_unref(struct ath10k *ar, struct ieee80211_txq *txq)
{
struct ath10k_txq *artxq = (void *)txq->drv_priv;
+ struct ath10k_txq *tmp, *walker;
struct ath10k_skb_cb *cb;
struct sk_buff *msdu;
+ struct ieee80211_txq *txq_tmp;
int msdu_id;
if (!txq)
@@ -4182,6 +4184,14 @@ static void ath10k_mac_txq_unref(struct ath10k *ar, struct ieee80211_txq *txq)
spin_lock_bh(&ar->txqs_lock);
if (!list_empty(&artxq->list))
list_del_init(&artxq->list);
+
+ /* Remove from ar->txqs in case it still exists there. */
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(walker, tmp, &ar->txqs, list) {
+ txq_tmp = container_of((void *)walker, struct ieee80211_txq,
+ drv_priv);
+ if (txq_tmp == txq)
+ list_del(&walker->list);
+ }
How could this even happen? All artxq->list accesses (add/del) are
protected by txqs_lock so this shouldn't happen, no?
Do you perhaps have the logic around txqs reworked in your tree?
I don't have any significant changes as far as I can tell.
I can build you a buggy 9984 firmware to reproduce the problem if you want...
Maybe the upstream patch could WARN_ON in this case to see if anyone else
ever hits it?
I did see a comment in the mac80211 about some assumptions on the driver with
regard to station teardown...I am not 100% sure ath10k meets that assumption,
so maybe that is why I could see this problem.
Thanks,
Ben
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Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com