From: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mohammed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> all works need to be initialized before ieee80211_register_hw to prevent mac80211 call backs such as drv_start, drv_config getting started. otherwise we would queue/cancel works before initializing them and it leads to kernel panic. this issue can be recreated with the following script in Chrome laptops with AR928X cards, with background scan running (or) Network manager is running while true do sudo modprobe -v ath9k sleep 3 sudo modprobe -r ath9k sleep 3 done EIP: [<81040a47>] __cancel_work_timer+0xb8/0xe1 SS:ESP 0068:f6be9d70 ---[ end trace 4f86d6139a9900ef ]--- Registered led device: ath9k-phy0 ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9280 Rev:2 mem=0xf88a0000, irq=16 Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception Pid: 456, comm: wpa_supplicant Tainted: G D 3.0.13 #1 Call Trace: [<81379e21>] panic+0x53/0x14a [<81004a30>] oops_end+0x73/0x81 [<81004b53>] die+0x4c/0x55 [<81002710>] do_trap+0x7c/0x83 [<81002855>] ? do_bounds+0x58/0x58 [<810028cc>] do_invalid_op+0x77/0x81 [<81040a47>] ? __cancel_work_timer+0xb8/0xe1 [<810489ec>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x81/0x11f [<8103f809>] ? wait_on_work+0xe2/0xf7 [<8137f807>] error_code+0x67/0x6c [<810300d8>] ? wait_consider_task+0x4ba/0x84c [<81040a47>] ? __cancel_work_timer+0xb8/0xe1 [<810380c9>] ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0x5f/0x67 [<81040a91>] cancel_work_sync+0xf/0x11 [<f88d7b7c>] ath_set_channel+0x62/0x25c [ath9k] [<f88d67d1>] ? ath9k_tx_last_beacon+0x26a/0x85c [ath9k] [<f88d8899>] ath_radio_disable+0x3f1/0x68e [ath9k] [<f90d0edb>] ieee80211_hw_config+0x111/0x116 [mac80211] [<f90dd95c>] __ieee80211_recalc_idle+0x919/0xa37 [mac80211] [<f90dda76>] __ieee80211_recalc_idle+0xa33/0xa37 [mac80211] [<812dbed8>] __dev_open+0x82/0xab Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Gary Morain <gmorain@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Stewart <pstew@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mohammed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mohammed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c | 9 +++++---- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c index abf9435..53a005d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c @@ -822,6 +822,11 @@ int ath9k_init_device(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc, ARRAY_SIZE(ath9k_tpt_blink)); #endif + INIT_WORK(&sc->hw_reset_work, ath_reset_work); + INIT_WORK(&sc->hw_check_work, ath_hw_check); + INIT_WORK(&sc->paprd_work, ath_paprd_calibrate); + INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sc->hw_pll_work, ath_hw_pll_work); + /* Register with mac80211 */ error = ieee80211_register_hw(hw); if (error) @@ -840,10 +845,6 @@ int ath9k_init_device(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc, goto error_world; } - INIT_WORK(&sc->hw_reset_work, ath_reset_work); - INIT_WORK(&sc->hw_check_work, ath_hw_check); - INIT_WORK(&sc->paprd_work, ath_paprd_calibrate); - INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sc->hw_pll_work, ath_hw_pll_work); sc->last_rssi = ATH_RSSI_DUMMY_MARKER; ath_init_leds(sc); -- 1.7.0.4 -- 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
