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Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: Fix softirq/hardirq disabling in iwl_pcie_enqueue_hcmd()

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On Sat, 2021-03-13 at 16:43 +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Mar 2021, Kalle Valo wrote:
> 
> > > > > From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
> > > > > 
> > > > > It's possible for iwl_pcie_enqueue_hcmd() to be called with hard IRQs 
> > > > > disabled (e.g. from LED core). We can't enable BHs in such a situation.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Turn the unconditional BH-enable/BH-disable code into 
> > > > > hardirq-disable/conditional-enable.
> > > > > 
> > > > > This fixes the warning below.
> > > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > friendly ping on this one ... 
> > > 
> > > Luca,
> > > 
> > > Johannes is telling me that he merged this patch internally, but I have no 
> > > idea what is happening to it ... ?
> > > 
> > > The reported splat is a clear bug, so it should be fixed one way or the 
> > > other.
> > 
> > Should I take this to wireless-drivers?
> 
> I can't speak for the maintainers, but as far as I am concerned, it 
> definitely is a 5.12 material, as it fixes real scheduling bug.

Yes, please take this to w-d.  We have a similar patch internally, but
there's a backlog and it will take me some time to get to it.  I'll
resolve eventual conflicts when time comes.

Thanks!

--
Cheers,
Luca.




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