Hi Emmanuel, was debugging some issue in ath9k with UDP bidirectional traffic and then used my inbuilt iwlwifi with bidirectional UDP had this warnings * iwlagn_mac_ampdu_action->iwlagn_tx_agg_start -> (we take spinlock 'sta_lock' ) -> iwl_trans_tx_agg_alloc (which has might_sleep) * iwlagn_mac_ampdu_action->iwlagn_tx_agg_stop -> (we take spinlock 'sta_lock' ) -> iwl_trans_tx_agg_disable (which has might_sleep) BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.h:452 [ 1424.360233] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, pid: 2824, name: kworker/u:3 [ 1424.360236] 5 locks held by kworker/u:3/2824: [ 1424.360238] #0: (wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy)){.+.+.+}, at: [<c0150e3b>] process_one_work+0x11b/0x520 [ 1424.360249] #1: ((&sta->ampdu_mlme.work)){+.+...}, at: [<c0150e3b>] process_one_work+0x11b/0x520 [ 1424.360256] #2: (&sta->ampdu_mlme.mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<f908db43>] ieee80211_ba_session_work+0x43/0x1e0 [mac80211] [ 1424.360275] #3: (&priv->shrd->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<f97a9f20>] iwlagn_mac_ampdu_action+0xc0/0x3a0 [iwlwifi] [ 1424.360288] #4: (&(&priv->shrd->sta_lock)->rlock){..-...}, at: [<f97b090a>] iwlagn_tx_agg_start+0xda/0x2a0 [iwlwifi] [ 1424.360301] irq event stamp: 4366 [ 1424.360302] hardirqs last enabled at (4365): [<c0202fba>] __free_pages_ok+0x9a/0xd0 [ 1424.360307] hardirqs last disabled at (4366): [<c069ac59>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x29/0xa0 [ 1424.360313] softirqs last enabled at (4330): [<f908dbbf>] ieee80211_ba_session_work+0xbf/0x1e0 [mac80211] [ 1424.360331] softirqs last disabled at (4328): [<c069ae04>] _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x14/0x80 [ 1424.360336] Pid: 2824, comm: kworker/u:3 Not tainted 3.3.0-rc5-wl+ #13 [ 1424.360338] Call Trace: [ 1424.360342] [<c0163e75>] __might_sleep+0x125/0x1c0 [ 1424.360351] [<f97b0946>] iwlagn_tx_agg_start+0x116/0x2a0 [iwlwifi] [ 1424.360359] [<f97aa0a0>] iwlagn_mac_ampdu_action+0x240/0x3a0 [iwlwifi] [ 1424.360367] [<f97a9e60>] ? iwlagn_mac_flush+0x200/0x200 [iwlwifi] [ 1424.360379] [<f908f03a>] ieee80211_tx_ba_session_handle_start+0xfa/0x590 [mac80211] [ 1424.360392] [<f908dbc8>] ieee80211_ba_session_work+0xc8/0x1e0 [mac80211] [ 1424.360395] [<c0150eb4>] process_one_work+0x194/0x520 [ 1424.360398] [<c0150e3b>] ? process_one_work+0x11b/0x520 [ 1424.360401] [<c01527f6>] ? worker_thread+0x1f6/0x320 [ 1424.360413] [<f908db00>] ? ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_sta_ht_cap+0x170/0x170 [mac80211] [ 1424.360417] [<c015273b>] worker_thread+0x13b/0x320 [ 1424.360420] [<c01915cb>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0x10 [ 1424.360423] [<c0152600>] ? manage_workers+0x1e0/0x1e0 [ 1424.360426] [<c01574b4>] kthread+0x84/0x90 [ 1424.360430] [<c0157430>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x60/0x60 [ 1424.360434] [<c06a3146>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10 [ 1424.360631] activated addBA response timer on tid 0 [ 1424.361847] switched off addBA timer for tid 0 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644136] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.h:441 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644149] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, pid: 39, name: kworker/u:1 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644158] 5 locks held by kworker/u:1/39: Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644164] #0: (wiphy_name(local->hw.wiphy)){.+.+.+}, at: [<c0150e3b>] process_one_work+0x11b/0x520 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644194] #1: ((&sta->ampdu_mlme.work)){+.+...}, at: [<c0150e3b>] process_one_work+0x11b/0x520 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644215] #2: (&sta->ampdu_mlme.mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<f908db43>] ieee80211_ba_session_work+0x43/0x1e0 [mac80211] Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644275] #3: (&priv->shrd->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<f97a9f20>] iwlagn_mac_ampdu_action+0xc0/0x3a0 [iwlwifi] Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644316] #4: (&(&priv->shrd->lock)->rlock){..-...}, at: [<f97b0be2>] iwlagn_tx_agg_stop+0x112/0x2b0 [iwlwifi] Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644357] irq event stamp: 1301302 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644363] hardirqs last enabled at (1301301): [<c06986da>] __mutex_lock_common+0x25a/0x390 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644378] hardirqs last disabled at (1301302): [<c069ac59>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x29/0xa0 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644391] softirqs last enabled at (1301278): [<f908e9e7>] ___ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session+0x147/0x380 [mac80211] Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644436] softirqs last disabled at (1301276): [<c069ae04>] _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x14/0x80 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644452] Pid: 39, comm: kworker/u:1 Not tainted 3.3.0-rc5-wl+ #13 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644459] Call Trace: Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644474] [<c0163e75>] __might_sleep+0x125/0x1c0 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644504] [<f97b0bfb>] iwlagn_tx_agg_stop+0x12b/0x2b0 [iwlwifi] Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644536] [<f97a9fcc>] iwlagn_mac_ampdu_action+0x16c/0x3a0 [iwlwifi] Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644583] [<f908eaba>] ___ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session+0x21a/0x380 [mac80211] Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644612] [<f97a9e60>] ? iwlagn_mac_flush+0x200/0x200 [iwlwifi] Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644655] [<f908dc75>] ieee80211_ba_session_work+0x175/0x1e0 [mac80211] Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644667] [<c0150eb4>] process_one_work+0x194/0x520 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644678] [<c0150e3b>] ? process_one_work+0x11b/0x520 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644688] [<c01527f6>] ? worker_thread+0x1f6/0x320 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644730] [<f908db00>] ? ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_sta_ht_cap+0x170/0x170 [mac80211] Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644746] [<c015273b>] worker_thread+0x13b/0x320 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644757] [<c01915cb>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0x10 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644768] [<c0152600>] ? manage_workers+0x1e0/0x1e0 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644779] [<c01574b4>] kthread+0x84/0x90 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644791] [<c0157430>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x60/0x60 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.644804] [<c06a3146>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.645426] Stopping Tx BA session for 00:03:7f:40:02:c0 tid 0 Feb 29 19:09:50 shafi-laptop kernel: [ 2684.705473] ath: NETWORK SLEEP -> AWAKE -- thanks, shafi -- 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