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Message-ID: <77ff753.140ebd.183f93dfb04.Coremail.duoming@zju.edu.cn>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:32:12 +0800 (GMT+08:00)
From: duoming@....edu.cn
To: "Greg KH" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
paskripkin@...il.com, martin@...ser.cx, straube.linux@...il.com,
kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: staging: r8188eu: Fix sleep-in-atomic-context
bug in rtw_join_timeout_handler
Hello,
On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:46:47 +0200 Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 04:34:24PM +0800, Duoming Zhou wrote:
> > The rtw_join_timeout_handler() is a timer handler that
> > runs in atomic context, but it could call msleep().
> > As a result, the sleep-in-atomic-context bug will happen.
> > The process is shown below:
> >
> > (atomic context)
> > rtw_join_timeout_handler
>
> Wait, how is this an atomic timeout?
Because this function is defined as a timer handler of "assoc_timer".
The following is the detail:
void rtw_init_mlme_timer(struct adapter *padapter)
{
struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv = &padapter->mlmepriv;
timer_setup(&pmlmepriv->assoc_timer, rtw_join_timeout_handler, 0);
...
}
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/mlme_linux.c#L36
> When can that happen?
When the adapter trys to join and selects scanning queue successfully,
the assoc_timer will be actived. If this process is timeout, the callback
function rtw_join_timeout_handler will run.
> > _rtw_join_timeout_handler
> > rtw_do_join
> > rtw_select_and_join_from_scanned_queue
> > rtw_indicate_disconnect
> > rtw_lps_ctrl_wk_cmd
> > lps_ctrl_wk_hdl
> > LPS_Leave
> > LPS_RF_ON_check
> > msleep //sleep in atomic context
>
> How was this found?
>
> > Fix by removing msleep() and replacing with mdelay().
>
> Wouldn't people have seen an error already if msleep() was really called
> in atomic context?
I am sorry, This is the false alarm.
rtw_indicate_disconnect()
-->rtw_lps_ctrl_wk_cmd(padapter, LPS_CTRL_DISCONNECT, 1);
u8 rtw_lps_ctrl_wk_cmd(struct adapter *padapter, u8 lps_ctrl_type, u8 enqueue)
{
...
if (enqueue) {
...
}else {
lps_ctrl_wk_hdl(padapter, lps_ctrl_type);
}
The enqueue equals to 1 and the lps_ctrl_wk_hdl() will not execute.
I will check carefully and avoid false alarm next time. Thank you for your reply.
Best regards,
Duoming Zhou
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