This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix schedule while atomic bug splat
to the 3.8-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:
rtlwifi-rtl8192cu-fix-schedule-while-atomic-bug-splat.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.8 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 664899786cb49cb52f620e06ac19c0be524a7cfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:10:30 -0600
Subject: rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix schedule while atomic bug splat
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 664899786cb49cb52f620e06ac19c0be524a7cfa upstream.
When run at debug 3 or higher, rtl8192cu reports a BUG as follows:
BUG: scheduling while atomic: kworker/u:0/5281/0x00000002
INFO: lockdep is turned off.
Modules linked in: rtl8192cu rtl8192c_common rtlwifi fuse af_packet bnep bluetooth b43 mac80211 cfg80211 ipv6 snd_hda_codec_conexant kvm_amd k
vm snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec bcma rng_core snd_pcm ssb mmc_core snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device snd i2c_nforce2 sr_mod pcmcia forcedeth i2c_core soundcore
cdrom sg serio_raw k8temp hwmon joydev ac battery pcmcia_core snd_page_alloc video button wmi autofs4 ext4 mbcache jbd2 crc16 thermal processor scsi_dh_alua
scsi_dh_hp_sw scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh ata_generic pata_acpi pata_amd [last unloaded: rtlwifi]
Pid: 5281, comm: kworker/u:0 Tainted: G W 3.8.0-wl+ #119
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff814531e7>] __schedule_bug+0x62/0x70
[<ffffffff81459af0>] __schedule+0x730/0xa30
[<ffffffff81326e49>] ? usb_hcd_link_urb_to_ep+0x19/0xa0
[<ffffffff8145a0d4>] schedule+0x24/0x70
[<ffffffff814575ec>] schedule_timeout+0x18c/0x2f0
[<ffffffff81459ec0>] ? wait_for_common+0x40/0x180
[<ffffffff8133f461>] ? ehci_urb_enqueue+0xf1/0xee0
[<ffffffff810a579d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10
[<ffffffff81459f65>] wait_for_common+0xe5/0x180
[<ffffffff8107d1c0>] ? try_to_wake_up+0x2d0/0x2d0
[<ffffffff8145a08e>] wait_for_completion_timeout+0xe/0x10
[<ffffffff8132ab1c>] usb_start_wait_urb+0x8c/0x100
[<ffffffff8132adf9>] usb_control_msg+0xd9/0x130
[<ffffffffa057dd8d>] _usb_read_sync+0xcd/0x140 [rtlwifi]
[<ffffffffa057de0e>] _usb_read32_sync+0xe/0x10 [rtlwifi]
[<ffffffffa04b0555>] rtl92cu_update_hal_rate_table+0x1a5/0x1f0 [rtl8192cu]
The cause is a synchronous read from routine rtl92cu_update_hal_rate_table().
The resulting output is not critical, thus the debug statement is
deleted.
Reported-by: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/hw.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/hw.c
@@ -2058,8 +2058,6 @@ void rtl92cu_update_hal_rate_table(struc
(shortgi_rate << 4) | (shortgi_rate);
}
rtl_write_dword(rtlpriv, REG_ARFR0 + ratr_index * 4, ratr_value);
- RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_RATR, DBG_DMESG, "%x\n",
- rtl_read_dword(rtlpriv, REG_ARFR0));
}
void rtl92cu_update_hal_rate_mask(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 rssi_level)
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.8/rtlwifi-rtl8192cu-fix-schedule-while-atomic-bug-splat.patch
queue-3.8/rtlwifi-rtl8192cu-fix-problem-that-prevents-reassociation.patch
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