linux/drivers
Reinette Chatre fbc9f97bbf iwlwifi: do not cancel delayed work inside spin_lock_irqsave
Calling cancel_delayed_work() from inside
spin_lock_irqsave, introduces a potential deadlock.

As explained by Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>

A - lock
T - timer

phase                   CPU 1           CPU 2
---------------------------------------------

some place that calls
cancel_timer_sync()
(which is the | code)
                                        lock-irq(A)
|                                       "lock-irq"(T)
|                                       "unlock"(T)
|                                       wait(T)
                                        unlock(A)

timer softirq
                        "lock"(T)
                        run(T)
                        "unlock"(T)

irq handler
          lock(A)
          unlock(A)

Now all that again, interleaved, leading to deadlock:

                                        lock-irq(A)
                        "lock"(T)
                         run(T)
IRQ during or maybe
before run(T) -->        lock(A)
                                        "lock-irq"(T)
                                        wait(T)

We fix this by moving the call to cancel_delayed_work() into workqueue.
There are cases where the work may not actually be queued or running
at the time we are trying to cancel it, but cancel_delayed_work() is
able to deal with this.

Also cleanup iwl_set_mode related to this call. This function
(iwl_set_mode) is only called when bringing interface up and there will
thus not be any scanning done. No need to try to cancel scanning.

Fixes http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13224, which was also
reported at http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=124081921903223&w=2 .

Tested-by: Miles Lane <miles.lane@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Acked-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-20 14:29:53 -04:00
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accessibility
acpi Merge branches 'release', 'bugzilla-13032', 'bugzilla-13041+', 'bugzilla-13121', 'bugzilla-13165', 'bugzilla-13243', 'bugzilla-13259', 'resume-sci-en-regression', 'thermal-regression', 'tsc-regression' and 'asus-2.6.30' into release 2009-05-16 01:55:59 -04:00
amba
ata libata: Media rotation rate and form factor heuristics 2009-05-15 14:14:56 -04:00
atm Replace all DMA_nBIT_MASK macro with DMA_BIT_MASK(n) 2009-04-13 15:04:33 -07:00
auxdisplay
base Revert driver core: move platform_data into platform_device 2009-05-08 19:22:21 -07:00
block hd: fix locking 2009-04-28 20:24:20 +02:00
bluetooth
cdrom
char sysrq, intel_fb: fix sysrq g collision 2009-05-15 07:56:24 -05:00
clocksource clocksource: pass clocksource to read() callback 2009-04-21 13:41:47 -07:00
connector
cpufreq
cpuidle
crypto dma-mapping: replace all DMA_32BIT_MASK macro with DMA_BIT_MASK(32) 2009-04-07 08:31:11 -07:00
dca
dio
dma dma: fix ipu_idmac.c to not discard the last queued buffer 2009-05-12 14:41:48 -07:00
edac edac: ppc mpc85xx fix mc err detect 2009-04-21 13:41:51 -07:00
eisa
firewire
firmware ibft: fix the display of a few fields in the NIC attribute structure in sysfs 2009-05-02 15:36:10 -07:00
gpio Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2009-04-03 15:24:35 -07:00
gpu Merge branches 'release', 'bugzilla-13032', 'bugzilla-13041+', 'bugzilla-13121', 'bugzilla-13165', 'bugzilla-13243', 'bugzilla-13259', 'resume-sci-en-regression', 'thermal-regression', 'tsc-regression' and 'asus-2.6.30' into release 2009-05-16 01:55:59 -04:00
hid HID: add NOGET quirk for devices from CH Products 2009-05-11 17:09:21 +02:00
hwmon hwmon: (w83781d) Fix W83782D support (NULL pointer dereference) 2009-05-08 20:27:28 +02:00
i2c Merge branch 'i2c-for-2630-rc5' of git://aeryn.fluff.org.uk/bjdooks/linux 2009-05-12 11:21:51 -07:00
ide piix: The Sony TZ90 needs the cable type hardcoding 2009-05-16 19:03:36 +02:00
idle dma-mapping: replace all DMA_64BIT_MASK macro with DMA_BIT_MASK(64) 2009-04-07 08:31:10 -07:00
ieee1394 dma-mapping: replace all DMA_32BIT_MASK macro with DMA_BIT_MASK(32) 2009-04-07 08:31:11 -07:00
infiniband Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband 2009-05-13 16:31:12 -07:00
input Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2009-05-12 11:21:24 -07:00
isdn Fix the race between capifs remount and node creation 2009-05-09 10:51:34 -04:00
leds leds: just ignore invalid GPIOs in leds-gpio 2009-04-08 14:13:48 +01:00
lguest lguest: fix guest crash on non-linear addresses in gdt pvops 2009-04-19 23:14:01 +09:30
macintosh Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2009-04-24 08:16:05 -07:00
mca
md md: remove rd%d links immediately after stopping an array. 2009-05-07 12:51:06 +10:00
media V4L/DVB (11680): cafe_ccic: use = instead of == for setting a value at a var 2009-05-09 18:54:32 -03:00
memstick dma-mapping: replace all DMA_32BIT_MASK macro with DMA_BIT_MASK(32) 2009-04-07 08:31:11 -07:00
message scsi: mpt: suppress debugobjects warning 2009-04-21 13:41:50 -07:00
mfd mfd: fix da903x warning 2009-04-05 00:32:25 +02:00
misc isl29003: fix resume functionality 2009-05-06 16:36:10 -07:00
mmc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/drzeus/mmc 2009-05-05 08:23:16 -07:00
mtd Convert obvious places to deactivate_locked_super() 2009-05-09 10:49:40 -04:00
net iwlwifi: do not cancel delayed work inside spin_lock_irqsave 2009-05-20 14:29:53 -04:00
nubus
of
oprofile Merge branch 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-04-05 11:04:19 -07:00
parisc parport: Fix various uses of parport_pc 2009-04-14 08:48:50 -07:00
parport parport: Use the PCI IRQ if offered 2009-04-07 08:44:06 -07:00
pci Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 2009-05-15 16:47:55 -07:00
pcmcia [ARM] 5458/1: pcmcia: pxa2xx-sharpsl: check if we do have Scoop config 2009-04-23 23:25:40 +01:00
platform eeepc-laptop: unregister_rfkill_notifier on failure 2009-05-14 11:28:27 -04:00
pnp ACPI: suspend: don't let device _PS3 failure prevent suspend 2009-05-08 00:22:29 -04:00
power Merge git://git.infradead.org/battery-2.6 2009-04-08 17:45:02 -07:00
ps3
rapidio dma-mapping: replace all DMA_32BIT_MASK macro with DMA_BIT_MASK(32) 2009-04-07 08:31:11 -07:00
regulator regulator: Fix default constraints for fixed voltage regulators 2009-04-28 18:58:08 +01:00
rtc rtc: rtc-twl4030 don't mask alarm interrupts on suspend 2009-05-12 14:11:35 -07:00
s390 [SCSI] zfcp: Fix oops when port disappears 2009-04-27 10:07:37 -05:00
sbus sbus: changed ioctls to unlocked 2009-04-14 19:46:19 -07:00
scsi Reduce path_lookup() abuses 2009-05-09 10:49:42 -04:00
serial Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2009-05-15 08:05:02 -07:00
sh sh: intc: Added resume from hibernation support to the intc 2009-04-06 08:55:19 -07:00
sn dma-mapping: replace all DMA_64BIT_MASK macro with DMA_BIT_MASK(64) 2009-04-07 08:31:10 -07:00
spi pxa2xx_spi: prevent panic case setup() fails 2009-05-12 14:11:34 -07:00
ssb
staging Staging: comedi: David doesn't want to get comedi patches 2009-05-08 19:39:28 -07:00
tc
telephony
thermal thermal: fix off-by-1 error in trip point trigger condition 2009-05-14 13:40:53 -04:00
uio UIO: fix specific device driver missing statement for depmod 2009-04-16 16:17:11 -07:00
usb usb-serial: ftdi_sio: fix reference counting of ftdi_private 2009-05-08 19:34:57 -07:00
uwb dma-mapping: replace all DMA_32BIT_MASK macro with DMA_BIT_MASK(32) 2009-04-07 08:31:11 -07:00
video MIPS: gbe: Make needlessly global symbols static in drivers/video/gbefb.c 2009-05-14 13:50:25 +01:00
virtio virtio: fix suspend when using virtio_balloon 2009-04-19 23:14:01 +09:30
w1 mfd: remove DS1WM clock handling 2009-04-05 00:32:22 +02:00
watchdog [ARM] 5460/1: Orion: reduce namespace pollution 2009-04-23 23:25:41 +01:00
xen [IA64] xen_domu_defconfig: fix build issues/warnings 2009-05-05 11:43:13 -07:00
zorro
Kconfig
Makefile V4L/DVB (11561a): move media after i2c 2009-04-29 15:41:13 -03:00