linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.13] mwifiex: bring down link before deleting interface

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Message-ID: <CA+ASDXMDtWpZ-xrymmq51j4TjPT-NXs61-7q=sn090BoJu9qDg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:18:31 -0700
From:   Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
To:     linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi017@...il.com>,
        Sharvari Harisangam <sharvari.harisangam@....com>,
        Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxinming820@...il.com>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>, dave@...aar.me,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.13] mwifiex: bring down link before deleting interface

On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 7:45 PM Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> We can deadlock when rmmod'ing the driver or going through firmware
> reset, because the cfg80211_unregister_wdev() has to bring down the link
> for us, ... which then grab the same wiphy lock.
...
> Fixes: a05829a7222e ("cfg80211: avoid holding the RTNL when calling the driver")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/98392296-40ee-6300-369c-32e16cff3725@gmail.com/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/ab4d00ce52f32bd8e45ad0448a44737e@bewaar.me/
> Reported-by: Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>
> Reported-by: dave@...aar.me
> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>

Ping - is this going to get merged? It's a 5.12 regression, and we
have multiple people complaining about it (and they tested the fix
too!).

Thanks,
Brian