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

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Date:   Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:53:30 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        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

Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org> writes:

> 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 for the ping, this got piled up under all the -next patches and I
missed it. I'll look at it now.

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