Since this patch fixes a regression introduced in 5.19-rc7, can this patch go to 5.19-final ?
syzbot is failing to test linux.git for 12 days due to this regression.
syzbot will fail to bisect new bugs found in the upcoming merge window
if unable to test v5.19 due to this regression.
On 2022/07/18 21:01, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> lockdep complains use of uninitialized spinlock at ieee80211_do_stop() [1],
>> for commit f856373e2f31ffd3 ("wifi: mac80211: do not wake queues on a vif
>> that is being stopped") guards clear_bit() using fq.lock even before
>> fq_init() from ieee80211_txq_setup_flows() initializes this spinlock.
>>
>> According to discussion [2], Toke was not happy with expanding usage of
>> fq.lock. Since __ieee80211_wake_txqs() is called under RCU read lock, we
>> can instead use synchronize_rcu() for flushing ieee80211_wake_txqs().
>>
>> Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=eceab52db7c4b961e9d6 [1]
>> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/874k0zowh2.fsf@xxxxxxx [2]
>> Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+eceab52db7c4b961e9d6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Fixes: f856373e2f31ffd3 ("wifi: mac80211: do not wake queues on a vif that is being stopped")
>> Tested-by: syzbot <syzbot+eceab52db7c4b961e9d6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.
>
> 3598cb6e1862 wifi: mac80211: do not abuse fq.lock in ieee80211_do_stop()
>
