linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] wifi: ath11k: fix event locking

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Date:   Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:07:38 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>,
        ath11k@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] wifi: ath11k: fix event locking

Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org> writes:

> RCU lockdep reported suspicious RCU usage when accessing the temperature
> sensor. Inspection revealed that the DFS radar event code was also
> missing the required RCU read-side critical section marking.
>
> Johan
>
>
> Changes in v2
>  - add the missing rcu_read_unlock() to an
>    ath11k_wmi_pdev_temperature_event() error path as noticed by Jeff
>
>
> Johan Hovold (2):
>   wifi: ath11k: fix temperature event locking
>   wifi: ath11k: fix dfs radar event locking

Thanks for the fixes. I really like using lockdep_assert_held() to
document if a function requires some lock held, is there anything
similar for RCU?

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