The functions ath9k_config() and ath_ani_calibrate() may be concurrently executed. A variable survey->filled is accessed with holding a spinlock common->cc_lock, through: ath_ani_calibrate() spin_lock_irqsave(&common->cc_lock, flags); ath_update_survey_stats() ath_update_survey_nf() survey->filled |= SURVEY_INFO_NOISE_DBM; The identical variables sc->cur_survey->filled and sc->survey[pos].filled is accessed without holding this lock, through: ath9k_config() ath_chanctx_set_channel() ath_set_channel() sc->cur_survey->filled &= ~SURVEY_INFO_IN_USE; sc->cur_survey->filled |= SURVEY_INFO_IN_USE; else if (!(sc->survey[pos].filled & SURVEY_INFO_IN_USE)) ath_update_survey_nf survey->filled |= SURVEY_INFO_NOISE_DBM; Thus, possible data races may occur. To fix these data races, in ath_set_channel(), these variables are accessed with holding the spinlock common->cc_lock. These data races are found by the runtime testing of our tool DILP-2. Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c index fd61ae4782b6..b16f7f65e9c6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static int ath_set_channel(struct ath_softc *sc) * Reset the survey data for the new channel, unless we're switching * back to the operating channel from an off-channel operation. */ + spin_lock_irqsave(&common->cc_lock, flags); if (!sc->cur_chan->offchannel && sc->cur_survey != &sc->survey[pos]) { if (sc->cur_survey) sc->cur_survey->filled &= ~SURVEY_INFO_IN_USE; @@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ static int ath_set_channel(struct ath_softc *sc) } else if (!(sc->survey[pos].filled & SURVEY_INFO_IN_USE)) { memset(&sc->survey[pos], 0, sizeof(struct survey_info)); } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&common->cc_lock, flags); hchan = &sc->sc_ah->channels[pos]; r = ath_reset(sc, hchan); @@ -75,8 +77,11 @@ static int ath_set_channel(struct ath_softc *sc) * channel is only available after the hardware reset. Copy it to * the survey stats now. */ - if (old_pos >= 0) + if (old_pos >= 0) { + spin_lock_irqsave(&common->cc_lock, flags); ath_update_survey_nf(sc, old_pos); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&common->cc_lock, flags); + } /* Enable radar pulse detection if on a DFS channel. Spectral * scanning and radar detection can not be used concurrently. -- 2.17.1