linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] wifi: ath10k: fix lock protection in ath10k_wmi_event_peer_sta_ps_state

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Message-Id: <20260123175611.767731-1-n7l8m4@u.northwestern.edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:56:11 +0000
From: Ziyi Guo <n7l8m4@...orthwestern.edu>
To: Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	ath10k@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ziyi Guo <n7l8m4@...orthwestern.edu>
Subject: [PATCH v2] wifi: ath10k: fix lock protection in ath10k_wmi_event_peer_sta_ps_state_chg()

ath10k_wmi_event_peer_sta_ps_state_chg() uses lockdep_assert_held() to
assert that ar->data_lock should be held by the caller, but neither
ath10k_wmi_10_2_op_rx() nor ath10k_wmi_10_4_op_rx() acquire this lock
before calling this function.

The field arsta->peer_ps_state is documented as protected by
ar->data_lock in core.h, and other accessors (ath10k_peer_ps_state_disable,
ath10k_dbg_sta_read_peer_ps_state) properly acquire this lock.

Add spin_lock_bh()/spin_unlock_bh() around the peer_ps_state update,
and remove the lockdep_assert_held() to be aligned with new locking,
following the pattern used by other WMI event handlers in the driver.

Signed-off-by: Ziyi Guo <n7l8m4@...orthwestern.edu>
---
v2:
 - Remove lockdep_assert_held() as suggested, since
   we are now taking the lock internally.

 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
index b4aad6604d6d..061a2fa8f00f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
@@ -5289,7 +5289,6 @@ ath10k_wmi_event_peer_sta_ps_state_chg(struct ath10k *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct ath10k_sta *arsta;
 	u8 peer_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&ar->data_lock);
 
 	ev = (struct wmi_peer_sta_ps_state_chg_event *)skb->data;
 	ether_addr_copy(peer_addr, ev->peer_macaddr.addr);
@@ -5305,7 +5304,9 @@ ath10k_wmi_event_peer_sta_ps_state_chg(struct ath10k *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 
 	arsta = (struct ath10k_sta *)sta->drv_priv;
+	spin_lock_bh(&ar->data_lock);
 	arsta->peer_ps_state = __le32_to_cpu(ev->peer_ps_state);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&ar->data_lock);
 
 exit:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-- 
2.34.1