The driver may sleep under a spinlock.
The function call paths are:
b44_set_link_ksettings (acquire the spinlock)
phy_ethtool_ksettings_set
phy_start_aneg
phy_start_aneg_priv
mutex_lock --> may sleep
b44_ioctl (acquire the spinlock)
phy_mii_ioctl
mdiobus_read
mutex_lock --> may sleep
I do not find a good way to fix them, so I only report.
These possible bugs are found by my static analysis tool (DSAC) and
checked by my code review.
Thanks,
Jia-Ju Bai