linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.20 05/57] staging: rtl8188eu: Fix module loading from tasklet for WEP encryption

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Message-Id: <20190115154911.021805310@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:35:46 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        Ivan Safonov <insafonov@...il.com>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Subject: [PATCH 4.20 05/57] staging: rtl8188eu: Fix module loading from tasklet for WEP encryption

4.20-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>

commit 7775665aadc48a562051834a73519129bf717d73 upstream.

Commit 2b2ea09e74a5 ("staging:r8188eu: Use lib80211 to decrypt WEP-frames")
causes scheduling while atomic bugs followed by a hard freeze whenever
the driver tries to connect to a WEP-encrypted network. Experimentation
showed that the freezes were eliminated when module lib80211 was
preloaded, which can be forced by calling lib80211_get_crypto_ops()
directly rather than indirectly through try_then_request_module().
With this change, no BUG messages are logged.

Fixes: 2b2ea09e74a5 ("staging:r8188eu: Use lib80211 to decrypt WEP-frames")
Cc: Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v4.17+
Cc: Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
Cc: Ivan Safonov <insafonov@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_security.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_security.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_security.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void rtw_wep_encrypt(struct adapter *pad
 
 	pframe = ((struct xmit_frame *)pxmitframe)->buf_addr + hw_hdr_offset;
 
-	crypto_ops = try_then_request_module(lib80211_get_crypto_ops("WEP"), "lib80211_crypt_wep");
+	crypto_ops = lib80211_get_crypto_ops("WEP");
 
 	if (!crypto_ops)
 		return;
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ int rtw_wep_decrypt(struct adapter  *pad
 		void *crypto_private = NULL;
 		int status = _SUCCESS;
 		const int keyindex = prxattrib->key_index;
-		struct lib80211_crypto_ops *crypto_ops = try_then_request_module(lib80211_get_crypto_ops("WEP"), "lib80211_crypt_wep");
+		struct lib80211_crypto_ops *crypto_ops = lib80211_get_crypto_ops("WEP");
 		char iv[4], icv[4];
 
 		if (!crypto_ops) {