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Re: [PATCHv2] wifi: ath11k: Fix race condition with htt_ppdu_stats_info

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Karthikeyan Kathirvel <quic_kathirve@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A crash happens when running the traffic with multiple clients:
> 
> Crash Signature : Unable to handle kernel paging request at
> virtual address ffffffd700970918 During the crash, PC points to
> "ieee80211_tx_rate_update+0x30/0x68 [mac80211]"
> LR points to "ath11k_dp_htt_htc_t2h_msg_handler+0x5a8/0x8a0 [ath11k]".
> 
> Struct ppdu_stats_info is allocated and accessed from event callback via copy
> engine tasklet, this has a problem when freeing it from ath11k_mac_op_stop().
> 
> Use data_lock during entire ath11k_dp_htt_get_ppdu_desc() call to protect
> struct htt_ppdu_stats_info access and to avoid race condition when accessing it
> from ath11k_mac_op_stop().
> 
> Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
> 
> Signed-off-by: Govindaraj Saminathan <quic_gsaminat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Karthikeyan Kathirvel <quic_kathirve@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Karthikeyan Kathirvel <quic_kathirve@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I cleaned up the commit log.

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20221124071104.22506-1-quic_kathirve@xxxxxxxxxxx/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches




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