This patch workaround live deadlock problem caused by infinite loop in brcms_c_wait_for_tx_completion(). I do not consider the patch as the proper fix, which should fix the real reason of tx queue flush failure, but patch helps with system lockup. Reference: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42576 Reported-and-tested-by: Patrick <ragamuffin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 3.2+ Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c index f7ed340..f6affc6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c @@ -7981,13 +7981,21 @@ int brcms_c_get_curband(struct brcms_c_info *wlc) void brcms_c_wait_for_tx_completion(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, bool drop) { + int timeout = 20; + /* flush packet queue when requested */ if (drop) brcmu_pktq_flush(&wlc->pkt_queue->q, false, NULL, NULL); /* wait for queue and DMA fifos to run dry */ - while (!pktq_empty(&wlc->pkt_queue->q) || brcms_txpktpendtot(wlc) > 0) + while (!pktq_empty(&wlc->pkt_queue->q) || brcms_txpktpendtot(wlc) > 0) { brcms_msleep(wlc->wl, 1); + + if (--timeout == 0) + break; + } + + WARN_ON_ONCE(timeout == 0); } void brcms_c_set_beacon_listen_interval(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, u8 interval) -- 1.7.1 -- 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