This patch takes care of Johannes' deadlock report by moving the mutex_lock right after cancel_work_sync in ar9170_op_stop. Besides, the janitor does not need to hold the mutex anymore, so this extra lines can be removed as well. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxx> --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c index 1657e89..63528f1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/main.c @@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ static void ar9170_tx_status_janitor(struct work_struct *work) if (unlikely(!IS_STARTED(ar))) return ; - mutex_lock(&ar->mutex); /* recycle the garbage back to mac80211... one by one. */ while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&ar->global_tx_status_waste))) { #ifdef AR9170_QUEUE_DEBUG @@ -369,8 +368,6 @@ static void ar9170_tx_status_janitor(struct work_struct *work) if (skb_queue_len(&ar->global_tx_status_waste) > 0) queue_delayed_work(ar->hw->workqueue, &ar->tx_status_janitor, msecs_to_jiffies(100)); - - mutex_unlock(&ar->mutex); } static void ar9170_handle_command_response(struct ar9170 *ar, @@ -1013,10 +1010,10 @@ static void ar9170_op_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) flush_workqueue(ar->hw->workqueue); - mutex_lock(&ar->mutex); cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ar->tx_status_janitor); cancel_work_sync(&ar->filter_config_work); cancel_work_sync(&ar->beacon_work); + mutex_lock(&ar->mutex); skb_queue_purge(&ar->global_tx_status_waste); skb_queue_purge(&ar->global_tx_status); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html