linux-kernel - iwl: potential deadlock?

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:34:56 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	yi.zhu@...el.com
CC:	reinette.chatre@...el.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	ipw3945-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: iwl: potential deadlock?

Hi,

we found a potential deadlock in iwl code by our tool.

Can this happen:
iwl_update_tkip_key()
-> spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->sta_lock)
-> iwl_send_add_sta()
   -> iwl_sta_ucode_activate()
      -> spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->sta_lock)
?

Thanks.
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