linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] wifi: wilc1000: split deeply nested RCU list traversal in dedicated helper

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Message-Id: <20240215-wilc_fix_rcu_usage-v1-1-f610e46c6f82@bootlin.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:36:18 +0100
From: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@...tlin.com>
To: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@...rochip.com>, 
 Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>, 
 Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@...tlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] wifi: wilc1000: split deeply nested RCU list traversal
 in dedicated helper

Move netif_wake_queue and its surrounding RCU operations in a dedicated
function to clarify wilc_txq_task and ease refactoring

Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@...tlin.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c | 25 +++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c
index 22f461f477f1..62414ab8846e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c
@@ -140,6 +140,19 @@ int wilc_wlan_get_num_conn_ifcs(struct wilc *wilc)
 	return ret_val;
 }
 
+static void wilc_wake_tx_queues(struct wilc *wl)
+{
+	int srcu_idx;
+	struct wilc_vif *ifc;
+
+	srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&wl->srcu);
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ifc, &wl->vif_list, list) {
+		if (ifc->mac_opened && netif_queue_stopped(ifc->ndev))
+			netif_wake_queue(ifc->ndev);
+	}
+	srcu_read_unlock(&wl->srcu, srcu_idx);
+}
+
 static int wilc_txq_task(void *vp)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -160,17 +173,7 @@ static int wilc_txq_task(void *vp)
 		do {
 			ret = wilc_wlan_handle_txq(wl, &txq_count);
 			if (txq_count < FLOW_CONTROL_LOWER_THRESHOLD) {
-				int srcu_idx;
-				struct wilc_vif *ifc;
-
-				srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&wl->srcu);
-				list_for_each_entry_rcu(ifc, &wl->vif_list,
-							list) {
-					if (ifc->mac_opened &&
-					    netif_queue_stopped(ifc->ndev))
-						netif_wake_queue(ifc->ndev);
-				}
-				srcu_read_unlock(&wl->srcu, srcu_idx);
+				wilc_wake_tx_queues(wl);
 			}
 			if (ret != WILC_VMM_ENTRY_FULL_RETRY)
 				break;

-- 
2.43.0