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[PATCH 2/3] mwifiex: fix race condition causing tx timeout

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From: Cathy Luo <cluo@xxxxxxxxxxx>

It's been observed that in a corner case mwifiex_usb_tx_complete()
gets called before we exit from mwifiex_usb_host_to_card() after
submitting the urb. 'data_sent' flag remains set in this case. It
blocks further Tx packets and triggers watchdog timeout.

The problem is fixed by setting data_sent and port_block flag at
correct place.

Signed-off-by: Cathy Luo <cluo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shengzhen Li <szli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c
index e8283dc..8fd51e4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c
@@ -897,6 +897,13 @@ static int mwifiex_usb_host_to_card(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter, u8 ep,
 	else
 		atomic_inc(&port->tx_data_urb_pending);
 
+	if (ep != card->tx_cmd_ep &&
+	    atomic_read(&port->tx_data_urb_pending) ==
+					MWIFIEX_TX_DATA_URB) {
+		port->block_status = true;
+		adapter->data_sent = mwifiex_usb_data_sent(adapter);
+	}
+
 	if (usb_submit_urb(tx_urb, GFP_ATOMIC)) {
 		mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR,
 			    "%s: usb_submit_urb failed\n", __func__);
@@ -905,6 +912,7 @@ static int mwifiex_usb_host_to_card(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter, u8 ep,
 		} else {
 			atomic_dec(&port->tx_data_urb_pending);
 			port->block_status = false;
+			adapter->data_sent = false;
 			if (port->tx_data_ix)
 				port->tx_data_ix--;
 			else
@@ -916,9 +924,7 @@ static int mwifiex_usb_host_to_card(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter, u8 ep,
 		if (ep != card->tx_cmd_ep &&
 		    atomic_read(&port->tx_data_urb_pending) ==
 							MWIFIEX_TX_DATA_URB) {
-			port->block_status = true;
-			ret = -ENOSR;
-			goto done;
+			return -ENOSR;
 		}
 	}
 
-- 
1.9.1




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