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Date:   Mon, 18 Jul 2022 12:01:21 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Toke Høiland-Jørgensen 
        <toke@...nel.org>, Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: mac80211: do not abuse fq.lock in
 ieee80211_do_stop()

Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp> wrote:

> lockdep complains use of uninitialized spinlock at ieee80211_do_stop() [1],
> for commit f856373e2f31ffd3 ("wifi: mac80211: do not wake queues on a vif
> that is being stopped") guards clear_bit() using fq.lock even before
> fq_init() from ieee80211_txq_setup_flows() initializes this spinlock.
> 
> According to discussion [2], Toke was not happy with expanding usage of
> fq.lock. Since __ieee80211_wake_txqs() is called under RCU read lock, we
> can instead use synchronize_rcu() for flushing ieee80211_wake_txqs().
> 
> Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=eceab52db7c4b961e9d6 [1]
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/874k0zowh2.fsf@toke.dk [2]
> Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+eceab52db7c4b961e9d6@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Fixes: f856373e2f31ffd3 ("wifi: mac80211: do not wake queues on a vif that is being stopped")
> Tested-by: syzbot <syzbot+eceab52db7c4b961e9d6@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
> Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...nel.org>

Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.

3598cb6e1862 wifi: mac80211: do not abuse fq.lock in ieee80211_do_stop()

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