[3.13.y.z extended stable] Patch "iwlwifi: mvm: fix setting channel in monitor mode" has been added to staging queue

Kamal Mostafa kamal at canonical.com
Tue Jun 17 21:42:40 UTC 2014


This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    iwlwifi: mvm: fix setting channel in monitor mode

to the linux-3.13.y-queue branch of the 3.13.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.13.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.13.11.4.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.13.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From 1413ca2bc80896ae89f33d03a7b3da288351b918 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach at intel.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 09:48:10 +0300
Subject: iwlwifi: mvm: fix setting channel in monitor mode

commit 1c4abec0baf25ffb92a28cc99d4231feeaa4d3f3 upstream.

There was a deadlock in monitor mode when we were setting the
channel if the channel was not 1.

======================================================
[ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
3.14.3 #4 Not tainted
-------------------------------------------------------
iw/3323 is trying to acquire lock:
 (&local->chanctx_mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa062e2f2>] ieee80211_vif_release_channel+0x42/0xb0 [mac80211]

but task is already holding lock:
 (&local->iflist_mtx){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffffa0609e0a>] ieee80211_set_monitor_channel+0x5a/0x1b0 [mac80211]

which lock already depends on the new lock.

the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (&local->iflist_mtx){+.+...}:
       [<ffffffff810d95bb>] __lock_acquire+0xb3b/0x13b0
       [<ffffffff810d9ee0>] lock_acquire+0xb0/0x1f0
       [<ffffffff817eb9c8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x78/0x4f0
       [<ffffffffa06225cf>] ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces+0x2f/0x60 [mac80211]
       [<ffffffffa0518189>] iwl_mvm_recalc_multicast+0x49/0xa0 [iwlmvm]
       [<ffffffffa051822e>] iwl_mvm_configure_filter+0x4e/0x70 [iwlmvm]
       [<ffffffffa05e6d43>] ieee80211_configure_filter+0x153/0x5f0 [mac80211]
       [<ffffffffa05e71f5>] ieee80211_reconfig_filter+0x15/0x20 [mac80211]
       [snip]

-> #1 (&mvm->mutex){+.+.+.}:
       [<ffffffff810d95bb>] __lock_acquire+0xb3b/0x13b0
       [<ffffffff810d9ee0>] lock_acquire+0xb0/0x1f0
       [<ffffffff817eb9c8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x78/0x4f0
       [<ffffffffa0517246>] iwl_mvm_add_chanctx+0x56/0xe0 [iwlmvm]
       [<ffffffffa062ca1e>] ieee80211_new_chanctx+0x13e/0x410 [mac80211]
       [<ffffffffa062d953>] ieee80211_vif_use_channel+0x1c3/0x5a0 [mac80211]
       [<ffffffffa06035ab>] ieee80211_add_virtual_monitor+0x1ab/0x6b0 [mac80211]
       [<ffffffffa06052ea>] ieee80211_do_open+0xe6a/0x15a0 [mac80211]
       [<ffffffffa0605a79>] ieee80211_open+0x59/0x60 [mac80211]
       [snip]

-> #0 (&local->chanctx_mtx){+.+.+.}:
       [<ffffffff810d6cb7>] check_prevs_add+0x977/0x980
       [<ffffffff810d95bb>] __lock_acquire+0xb3b/0x13b0
       [<ffffffff810d9ee0>] lock_acquire+0xb0/0x1f0
       [<ffffffff817eb9c8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x78/0x4f0
       [<ffffffffa062e2f2>] ieee80211_vif_release_channel+0x42/0xb0 [mac80211]
       [<ffffffffa0609ec3>] ieee80211_set_monitor_channel+0x113/0x1b0 [mac80211]
       [<ffffffffa058fb37>] cfg80211_set_monitor_channel+0x77/0x2b0 [cfg80211]
       [<ffffffffa056e0b2>] __nl80211_set_channel+0x122/0x140 [cfg80211]
       [<ffffffffa0581374>] nl80211_set_wiphy+0x284/0xaf0 [cfg80211]
       [snip]

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  &local->chanctx_mtx --> &mvm->mutex --> &local->iflist_mtx

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&local->iflist_mtx);
                               lock(&mvm->mutex);
                               lock(&local->iflist_mtx);
  lock(&local->chanctx_mtx);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

This deadlock actually occurs:
INFO: task iw:3323 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
      Not tainted 3.14.3 #4
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
iw              D ffff8800c8afcd80  4192  3323   3322 0x00000000
 ffff880078fdb7e0 0000000000000046 ffff8800c8afcd80 ffff880078fdbfd8
 00000000001d5540 00000000001d5540 ffff8801141b0000 ffff8800c8afcd80
 ffff880078ff9e38 ffff880078ff9e38 ffff880078ff9e40 0000000000000246
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff817ea841>] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x31/0x80
 [<ffffffff817ebaed>] mutex_lock_nested+0x19d/0x4f0
 [<ffffffffa06225cf>] ? ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces+0x2f/0x60 [mac80211]
 [<ffffffffa06225cf>] ? ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces+0x2f/0x60 [mac80211]
 [<ffffffffa052a680>] ? iwl_mvm_power_mac_update_mode+0xc0/0xc0 [iwlmvm]
 [<ffffffffa06225cf>] ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces+0x2f/0x60 [mac80211]
 [<ffffffffa0529357>] _iwl_mvm_power_update_binding+0x27/0x80 [iwlmvm]
 [<ffffffffa0516eb1>] iwl_mvm_unassign_vif_chanctx+0x81/0xc0 [iwlmvm]
 [<ffffffffa062d3ff>] __ieee80211_vif_release_channel+0xdf/0x470 [mac80211]
 [<ffffffffa062e2fa>] ieee80211_vif_release_channel+0x4a/0xb0 [mac80211]
 [<ffffffffa0609ec3>] ieee80211_set_monitor_channel+0x113/0x1b0 [mac80211]
 [<ffffffffa058fb37>] cfg80211_set_monitor_channel+0x77/0x2b0 [cfg80211]
 [<ffffffffa056e0b2>] __nl80211_set_channel+0x122/0x140 [cfg80211]
 [<ffffffffa0581374>] nl80211_set_wiphy+0x284/0xaf0 [cfg80211]

This fixes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75541

Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach at intel.com>
[ kamal: backport to 3.13: omit iwl_mvm_recalc_multicast change (not impl.) ]
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
index b3338b1..3960541 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ static int iwl_mvm_configure_mcast_filter(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,

 	memcpy(mcast_filter_cmd.bssid, vif->bss_conf.bssid, ETH_ALEN);

-	return iwl_mvm_send_cmd_pdu(mvm, MCAST_FILTER_CMD, CMD_SYNC,
+	return iwl_mvm_send_cmd_pdu(mvm, MCAST_FILTER_CMD, CMD_ASYNC,
 				    sizeof(mcast_filter_cmd),
 				    &mcast_filter_cmd);
 }
--
1.9.1





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