This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
wifi: ath10k: avoid NULL pointer error during sdio remove
to the 6.6-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
wifi-ath10k-avoid-null-pointer-error-during-sdio-rem.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 8b0ef76c817997bbc0ba67255cb520002b8f3490
Author: Kang Yang <quic_kangyang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Oct 8 10:22:46 2024 +0800
wifi: ath10k: avoid NULL pointer error during sdio remove
[ Upstream commit 95c38953cb1ecf40399a676a1f85dfe2b5780a9a ]
When running 'rmmod ath10k', ath10k_sdio_remove() will free sdio
workqueue by destroy_workqueue(). But if CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON
is set to yes, kernel panic will happen:
Call trace:
destroy_workqueue+0x1c/0x258
ath10k_sdio_remove+0x84/0x94
sdio_bus_remove+0x50/0x16c
device_release_driver_internal+0x188/0x25c
device_driver_detach+0x20/0x2c
This is because during 'rmmod ath10k', ath10k_sdio_remove() will call
ath10k_core_destroy() before destroy_workqueue(). wiphy_dev_release()
will finally be called in ath10k_core_destroy(). This function will free
struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev and all its members, including
wiphy, dev and the pointer of sdio workqueue. Then the pointer of sdio
workqueue will be set to NULL due to CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.
After device release, destroy_workqueue() will use NULL pointer then the
kernel panic happen.
Call trace:
ath10k_sdio_remove
->ath10k_core_unregister
……
->ath10k_core_stop
->ath10k_hif_stop
->ath10k_sdio_irq_disable
->ath10k_hif_power_down
->del_timer_sync(&ar_sdio->sleep_timer)
->ath10k_core_destroy
->ath10k_mac_destroy
->ieee80211_free_hw
->wiphy_free
……
->wiphy_dev_release
->destroy_workqueue
Need to call destroy_workqueue() before ath10k_core_destroy(), free
the work queue buffer first and then free pointer of work queue by
ath10k_core_destroy(). This order matches the error path order in
ath10k_sdio_probe().
No work will be queued on sdio workqueue between it is destroyed and
ath10k_core_destroy() is called. Based on the call_stack above, the
reason is:
Only ath10k_sdio_sleep_timer_handler(), ath10k_sdio_hif_tx_sg() and
ath10k_sdio_irq_disable() will queue work on sdio workqueue.
Sleep timer will be deleted before ath10k_core_destroy() in
ath10k_hif_power_down().
ath10k_sdio_irq_disable() only be called in ath10k_hif_stop().
ath10k_core_unregister() will call ath10k_hif_power_down() to stop hif
bus, so ath10k_sdio_hif_tx_sg() won't be called anymore.
Tested-on: QCA6174 hw3.2 SDIO WLAN.RMH.4.4.1-00189
Signed-off-by: Kang Yang <quic_kangyang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: David Ruth <druth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Ruth <druth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241008022246.1010-1-quic_kangyang@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c
index 0ab5433f6cf6..850d999615a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
* Copyright (c) 2004-2011 Atheros Communications Inc.
* Copyright (c) 2011-2012,2017 Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.
* Copyright (c) 2016-2017 Erik Stromdahl <erik.stromdahl@xxxxxxxxx>
- * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
*/
#include <linux/module.h>
@@ -2648,9 +2648,9 @@ static void ath10k_sdio_remove(struct sdio_func *func)
netif_napi_del(&ar->napi);
- ath10k_core_destroy(ar);
-
destroy_workqueue(ar_sdio->workqueue);
+
+ ath10k_core_destroy(ar);
}
static const struct sdio_device_id ath10k_sdio_devices[] = {
