linux-kernel - Re: Issue with Broadcom wireless in 5.2rc1 (was Re: [PATCH] mmc: sdhci: queue work after sdhci_defer

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Date:   Mon, 27 May 2019 05:37:11 -0400
From:   Brian Masney <masneyb@...tation.org>
To:     Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc:     Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        Chi-Hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ress.com>,
        Wright Feng <wright.feng@...ress.com>, ulf.hansson@...aro.org,
        faiz_abbas@...com, linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        brcm80211-dev-list@...ress.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Issue with Broadcom wireless in 5.2rc1 (was Re: [PATCH] mmc:
 sdhci: queue work after sdhci_defer_done())

On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 03:58:19PM -0400, Brian Masney wrote:
> I attached a patch that shows how I was able to determine what had
> already claimed the host.

I realized this morning that I had a flaw with my test patch that
diagnosed what was deadlocked. The mmc_ctx structure was allocated on
the stack. I attached a second version of that patch that uses
kmalloc() for that structure. It didn't change what I reported
yesterday: brcmf_sdiod_ramrw is deadlocked by
brcmf_sdio_download_firmware.


On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 10:48:24AM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> This is because SDHCI is using the IRQ thread to process the SDIO card
> interrupt (sdio_run_irqs()).  When the card driver tries to use the card, it
> causes interrupts which deadlocks since c07a48c26519 ("mmc: sdhci: Remove
> finish_tasklet") has moved the tasklet processing to the IRQ thread.
> 
> I would expect to be able to use the IRQ thread to complete requests, and it
> is desirable to do so because it is lower latency.
> 
> Probably, SDHCI should use sdio_signal_irq() which queues a work item, and
> is what other drivers are doing.
> 
> I will investigate some more and send a patch.

Thank you!

Brian


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