Luca Coelho <luca@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> From: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> When getting HW rfkill we get stop_device being called from
> two paths.
> One path is the IRQ calling stop device, and updating op
> mode and stack.
> As a result, cfg80211 is running rfkill sync work that shuts
> down all devices (second path).
> In the second path, we eventually get to iwl_mvm_stop_device
> which calls iwl_fw_dump_conf_clear->iwl_fw_dbg_stop_recording,
> that access periphery registers.
> The device may be stopped at this point from the first path,
> which will result with a failure to access those registers.
> Simply checking for the trans status is insufficient, since
> the race will still exist, only minimized.
> Instead, move the stop from iwl_fw_dump_conf_clear (which is
> getting called only from stop path) to the transport stop
> device function, where the access is always safe.
> This has the added value, of actually stopping dbgc before
> stopping device even when the stop is initiated from the
> transport.
>
> Fixes: 1efc3843a4ee ("iwlwifi: stop dbgc recording before stopping DMA")
> Signed-off-by: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
But no wonder I called gnus-article-fill-cited-article, the commit log
is just weirdly wrapped. Are you using outlook or how do you get it so
ugly? :)
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Kalle Valo
