Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski wrote: > This change implements rfkill support for RTL8187B and RTL8187L devices, > using new cfg80211 rfkill API. > > Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- I found a problem with this patch. When I issue an 'rfkill block 1' command, I get the following circular locking warning: ======================================================= [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.31-rc6-wl #201 ------------------------------------------------------- rfkill/30578 is trying to acquire lock: (&(&priv->work)->work#2){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff81051215>] __cancel_work_timer+0xd9/0x222 but task is already holding lock: (&priv->conf_mutex#2){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa064a024>] rtl8187_stop+0x31/0x364 [rtl8187] which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&priv->conf_mutex#2){+.+.+.}: [<ffffffff81065957>] __lock_acquire+0x12d0/0x1614 [<ffffffff81065d54>] lock_acquire+0xb9/0xdd [<ffffffff8127c32f>] mutex_lock_nested+0x56/0x2a8 [<ffffffffa064a392>] rtl8187_work+0x3b/0xf2 [rtl8187] [<ffffffff81050758>] worker_thread+0x1fa/0x30a [<ffffffff81054ca5>] kthread+0x8f/0x97 [<ffffffff8100cb7a>] child_rip+0xa/0x20 [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff -> #0 (&(&priv->work)->work#2){+.+...}: [<ffffffff8106568c>] __lock_acquire+0x1005/0x1614 [<ffffffff81065d54>] lock_acquire+0xb9/0xdd [<ffffffff8105124e>] __cancel_work_timer+0x112/0x222 [<ffffffff8105136b>] cancel_delayed_work_sync+0xd/0xf [<ffffffffa064a33f>] rtl8187_stop+0x34c/0x364 [rtl8187] [<ffffffffa0242866>] ieee80211_stop_device+0x29/0x61 [mac80211] [<ffffffffa0239194>] ieee80211_stop+0x476/0x530 [mac80211] [<ffffffff8120ce15>] dev_close+0x8a/0xac [<ffffffffa01d9fa7>] cfg80211_rfkill_set_block+0x4a/0x7a [cfg80211] [<ffffffffa01bf4f0>] rfkill_set_block+0x84/0xd9 [rfkill] [<ffffffffa01bfc31>] rfkill_fop_write+0xda/0x124 [rfkill] [<ffffffff810cf286>] vfs_write+0xae/0x14a [<ffffffff810cf3e6>] sys_write+0x47/0x6e [<ffffffff8100ba6b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff other info that might help us debug this: 4 locks held by rfkill/30578: #0: (rfkill_global_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa01bfbbc>] rfkill_fop_write+0x65/0x124 [rfkill] #1: (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81215a60>] rtnl_lock+0x12/0x14 #2: (&rdev->devlist_mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa01d9f89>] cfg80211_rfkill_set_block+0x2c/0x7a [cfg80211] #3: (&priv->conf_mutex#2){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa064a024>] rtl8187_stop+0x31/0x364 [rtl8187] stack backtrace: Pid: 30578, comm: rfkill Not tainted 2.6.31-rc6-wl #201 Call Trace: [<ffffffff810641ec>] print_circular_bug_tail+0xc1/0xcc [<ffffffff8106568c>] __lock_acquire+0x1005/0x1614 [<ffffffff81065d54>] lock_acquire+0xb9/0xdd [<ffffffff81051215>] ? __cancel_work_timer+0xd9/0x222 [<ffffffff8105124e>] __cancel_work_timer+0x112/0x222 [<ffffffff81051215>] ? __cancel_work_timer+0xd9/0x222 [<ffffffff81063791>] ? mark_held_locks+0x4d/0x6b [<ffffffff8127db94>] ? _spin_unlock_irq+0x2b/0x30 [<ffffffff81063a04>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10b/0x12f [<ffffffff81063a35>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0xf [<ffffffff8127db94>] ? _spin_unlock_irq+0x2b/0x30 [<ffffffffa00de2c4>] ? usb_kill_anchored_urbs+0x46/0x5c [usbcore] [<ffffffff8105136b>] cancel_delayed_work_sync+0xd/0xf [<ffffffffa064a33f>] rtl8187_stop+0x34c/0x364 [rtl8187] [<ffffffffa0242866>] ieee80211_stop_device+0x29/0x61 [mac80211] [<ffffffffa0239194>] ieee80211_stop+0x476/0x530 [mac80211] [<ffffffffa0238d68>] ? ieee80211_stop+0x4a/0x530 [mac80211] [<ffffffff81044a28>] ? local_bh_enable_ip+0xc8/0xcd [<ffffffff8127db65>] ? _spin_unlock_bh+0x2f/0x33 [<ffffffff8121d116>] ? dev_deactivate+0x162/0x192 [<ffffffff8120ce15>] dev_close+0x8a/0xac [<ffffffffa01d9fa7>] cfg80211_rfkill_set_block+0x4a/0x7a [cfg80211] [<ffffffffa01bf4f0>] rfkill_set_block+0x84/0xd9 [rfkill] [<ffffffffa01bfc31>] rfkill_fop_write+0xda/0x124 [rfkill] [<ffffffff8100ba9c>] ? sysret_check+0x27/0x62 [<ffffffff810cf286>] vfs_write+0xae/0x14a [<ffffffff810cf3e6>] sys_write+0x47/0x6e [<ffffffff8100ba6b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1bf Larry -- 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