It happened "Kernel panic - not syncing: hung_task: blocked tasks" when test simulate crash and ifconfig down/rmmod meanwhile. Test steps: 1.Test commands echo soft > /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/ath10k/simulate_fw_crash;sleep 0.05;ifconfig wlan0 down echo soft > /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phy0/ath10k/simulate_fw_crash;rmmod ath10k_sdio 2. dmesg: [ 5622.548630] ath10k_sdio mmc1:0001:1: simulating soft firmware crash [ 5622.655995] ieee80211 phy0: Hardware restart was requested [ 5776.355164] INFO: task shill:1572 blocked for more than 122 seconds. [ 5776.355687] INFO: task kworker/1:2:24437 blocked for more than 122 seconds. [ 5776.359812] Kernel panic - not syncing: hung_task: blocked tasks [ 5776.359836] CPU: 1 PID: 55 Comm: khungtaskd Tainted: G W 4.19.86 #137 [ 5776.359846] Hardware name: MediaTek krane sku176 board (DT) [ 5776.359855] Call trace: [ 5776.359868] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x170 [ 5776.359881] show_stack+0x20/0x2c [ 5776.359896] dump_stack+0xd4/0x10c [ 5776.359916] panic+0x12c/0x29c [ 5776.359937] hung_task_panic+0x0/0x50 [ 5776.359953] kthread+0x120/0x130 [ 5776.359965] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18 [ 5776.359986] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs [ 5776.360012] Kernel Offset: 0x141ea00000 from 0xffffff8008000000 [ 5776.360026] CPU features: 0x0,2188200c [ 5776.360035] Memory Limit: none command "ifconfig wlan0 down" or "rmmod ath10k_sdio" will be blocked callstack of ifconfig: [<0>] __switch_to+0x120/0x13c [<0>] msleep+0x28/0x38 [<0>] ath10k_sdio_hif_stop+0x24c/0x294 [ath10k_sdio] [<0>] ath10k_core_stop+0x50/0x78 [ath10k_core] [<0>] ath10k_halt+0x120/0x178 [ath10k_core] [<0>] ath10k_stop+0x4c/0x8c [ath10k_core] [<0>] drv_stop+0xe0/0x1e4 [mac80211] [<0>] ieee80211_stop_device+0x48/0x54 [mac80211] [<0>] ieee80211_do_stop+0x678/0x6f8 [mac80211] [<0>] ieee80211_stop+0x20/0x30 [mac80211] [<0>] __dev_close_many+0xb8/0x11c [<0>] __dev_change_flags+0xe0/0x1d0 [<0>] dev_change_flags+0x30/0x6c [<0>] devinet_ioctl+0x370/0x564 [<0>] inet_ioctl+0xdc/0x304 [<0>] sock_do_ioctl+0x50/0x288 [<0>] compat_sock_ioctl+0x1b4/0x1aac [<0>] __se_compat_sys_ioctl+0x100/0x26fc [<0>] __arm64_compat_sys_ioctl+0x20/0x2c [<0>] el0_svc_common+0xa4/0x154 [<0>] el0_svc_compat_handler+0x2c/0x38 [<0>] el0_svc_compat+0x8/0x18 [<0>] 0xffffffffffffffff callstack of rmmod: [<0>] __switch_to+0x120/0x13c [<0>] msleep+0x28/0x38 [<0>] ath10k_sdio_hif_stop+0x294/0x31c [ath10k_sdio] [<0>] ath10k_core_stop+0x50/0x78 [ath10k_core] [<0>] ath10k_halt+0x120/0x178 [ath10k_core] [<0>] ath10k_stop+0x4c/0x8c [ath10k_core] [<0>] drv_stop+0xe0/0x1e4 [mac80211] [<0>] ieee80211_stop_device+0x48/0x54 [mac80211] [<0>] ieee80211_do_stop+0x678/0x6f8 [mac80211] [<0>] ieee80211_stop+0x20/0x30 [mac80211] [<0>] __dev_close_many+0xb8/0x11c [<0>] dev_close_many+0x70/0x100 [<0>] dev_close+0x4c/0x80 [<0>] cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x50/0xcc [cfg80211] [<0>] ieee80211_remove_interfaces+0x58/0x1a0 [mac80211] [<0>] ieee80211_unregister_hw+0x40/0x100 [mac80211] [<0>] ath10k_mac_unregister+0x1c/0x44 [ath10k_core] [<0>] ath10k_core_unregister+0x38/0x7c [ath10k_core] [<0>] ath10k_sdio_remove+0x8c/0xd0 [ath10k_sdio] [<0>] sdio_bus_remove+0x48/0x108 [<0>] device_release_driver_internal+0x138/0x1ec [<0>] driver_detach+0x6c/0xa8 [<0>] bus_remove_driver+0x78/0xa8 [<0>] driver_unregister+0x30/0x50 [<0>] sdio_unregister_driver+0x28/0x34 [<0>] cleanup_module+0x14/0x6bc [ath10k_sdio] [<0>] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x1e0/0x22c [<0>] el0_svc_common+0xa4/0x154 [<0>] el0_svc_compat_handler+0x2c/0x38 [<0>] el0_svc_compat+0x8/0x18 [<0>] 0xffffffffffffffff The test command run simulate_fw_crash firstly and it call into ath10k_sdio_hif_stop from ath10k_core_restart, then napi_disable is called and bit NAPI_STATE_SCHED is set. After that, function ath10k_sdio_hif_stop is called again from ath10k_stop by command "ifconfig wlan0 down" or "rmmod ath10k_sdio", then command blocked. It is blocked by napi_synchronize, napi_disable will set bit with NAPI_STATE_SCHED, and then napi_synchronize will enter dead loop becuase bit NAPI_STATE_SCHED is set by napi_disable. function of napi_synchronize static inline void napi_synchronize(const struct napi_struct *n) { if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP)) while (test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state)) msleep(1); else barrier(); } function of napi_disable void napi_disable(struct napi_struct *n) { might_sleep(); set_bit(NAPI_STATE_DISABLE, &n->state); while (test_and_set_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state)) msleep(1); while (test_and_set_bit(NAPI_STATE_NPSVC, &n->state)) msleep(1); hrtimer_cancel(&n->timer); clear_bit(NAPI_STATE_DISABLE, &n->state); } Tested with QCA6174 SDIO with firmware WLAN.RMH.4.4.1-00042. Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <wgong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c index 7b894dcaad2e..b71499b171c6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c @@ -1756,8 +1756,6 @@ static int ath10k_sdio_hif_start(struct ath10k *ar) struct ath10k_sdio *ar_sdio = ath10k_sdio_priv(ar); int ret; - napi_enable(&ar->napi); - /* Sleep 20 ms before HIF interrupts are disabled. * This will give target plenty of time to process the BMI done * request before interrupts are disabled. @@ -1884,7 +1882,6 @@ static void ath10k_sdio_hif_stop(struct ath10k *ar) spin_unlock_bh(&ar_sdio->wr_async_lock); napi_synchronize(&ar->napi); - napi_disable(&ar->napi); } #ifdef CONFIG_PM @@ -2121,6 +2118,7 @@ static int ath10k_sdio_probe(struct sdio_func *func, netif_napi_add(&ar->napi_dev, &ar->napi, ath10k_sdio_napi_poll, ATH10K_NAPI_BUDGET); + napi_enable(&ar->napi); ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_BOOT, "sdio new func %d vendor 0x%x device 0x%x block 0x%x/0x%x\n", @@ -2235,6 +2233,7 @@ static void ath10k_sdio_remove(struct sdio_func *func) ath10k_core_unregister(ar); + napi_disable(&ar->napi); netif_napi_del(&ar->napi); ath10k_core_destroy(ar); -- 2.23.0