linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: ks7010: disable bh on tx_dev

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Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:13:23 +0000
From:   Chengfeng Ye <dg573847474@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, kamrankhadijadj@...il.com
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Chengfeng Ye <dg573847474@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: ks7010: disable bh on tx_dev_lock

As &priv->tx_dev.tx_dev_lock is also acquired by xmit callback which
could be call from timer under softirq context, use spin_lock_bh()
on it to prevent potential deadlock.

hostif_sme_work()
--> hostif_sme_set_pmksa()
--> hostif_mib_set_request()
--> ks_wlan_hw_tx()
--> spin_lock(&priv->tx_dev.tx_dev_lock)

ks_wlan_start_xmit()
--> hostif_data_request()
--> ks_wlan_hw_tx()
--> spin_lock(&priv->tx_dev.tx_dev_lock)

Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <dg573847474@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c
index 9fb118e77a1f..f1d44e4955fc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks7010_sdio.c
@@ -395,9 +395,9 @@ int ks_wlan_hw_tx(struct ks_wlan_private *priv, void *p, unsigned long size,
 	priv->hostt.buff[priv->hostt.qtail] = le16_to_cpu(hdr->event);
 	priv->hostt.qtail = (priv->hostt.qtail + 1) % SME_EVENT_BUFF_SIZE;
 
-	spin_lock(&priv->tx_dev.tx_dev_lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&priv->tx_dev.tx_dev_lock);
 	result = enqueue_txdev(priv, p, size, complete_handler, skb);
-	spin_unlock(&priv->tx_dev.tx_dev_lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&priv->tx_dev.tx_dev_lock);
 
 	if (txq_has_space(priv))
 		queue_delayed_work(priv->wq, &priv->rw_dwork, 0);
-- 
2.17.1