2014-07-12 03:53:51

by Bing Zhao

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Subject: [PATCH 1/7] mwifiex: access rx_reorder_tbl_ptr only while holding lock

From: Amitkumar Karwar <[email protected]>

This patch fixes a bug in which rx_reorder_tbl_ptr is accessed
without holding spinlock at few places.

Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c
index b22bae3..06a2c21 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/11n_rxreorder.c
@@ -249,13 +249,22 @@ void mwifiex_11n_del_rx_reorder_tbl_by_ta(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 *ta)
* buffered in Rx reordering table.
*/
static int
-mwifiex_11n_find_last_seq_num(struct mwifiex_rx_reorder_tbl *rx_reorder_tbl_ptr)
+mwifiex_11n_find_last_seq_num(struct reorder_tmr_cnxt *ctx)
{
+ struct mwifiex_rx_reorder_tbl *rx_reorder_tbl_ptr = ctx->ptr;
+ struct mwifiex_private *priv = ctx->priv;
+ unsigned long flags;
int i;

- for (i = (rx_reorder_tbl_ptr->win_size - 1); i >= 0; --i)
- if (rx_reorder_tbl_ptr->rx_reorder_ptr[i])
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_lock, flags);
+ for (i = rx_reorder_tbl_ptr->win_size - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+ if (rx_reorder_tbl_ptr->rx_reorder_ptr[i]) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_lock,
+ flags);
return i;
+ }
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_lock, flags);

return -1;
}
@@ -274,7 +283,7 @@ mwifiex_flush_data(unsigned long context)
(struct reorder_tmr_cnxt *) context;
int start_win, seq_num;

- seq_num = mwifiex_11n_find_last_seq_num(ctx->ptr);
+ seq_num = mwifiex_11n_find_last_seq_num(ctx);

if (seq_num < 0)
return;
@@ -729,9 +738,9 @@ void mwifiex_11n_cleanup_reorder_tbl(struct mwifiex_private *priv)
mwifiex_del_rx_reorder_entry(priv, del_tbl_ptr);
spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_lock, flags);
}
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_ptr);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_lock, flags);

- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_ptr);
mwifiex_reset_11n_rx_seq_num(priv);
}

@@ -749,10 +758,14 @@ void mwifiex_update_rxreor_flags(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter, u8 flags)
priv = adapter->priv[i];
if (!priv)
continue;
- if (list_empty(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_ptr))
- continue;

spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_lock, lock_flags);
+ if (list_empty(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_ptr)) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_lock,
+ lock_flags);
+ continue;
+ }
+
list_for_each_entry(tbl, &priv->rx_reorder_tbl_ptr, list)
tbl->flags = flags;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->rx_reorder_tbl_lock, lock_flags);
--
1.8.2.3



2014-07-12 03:53:40

by Bing Zhao

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Subject: [PATCH 2/7] mwifiex: fix corner case system hang issue

From: Amitkumar Karwar <[email protected]>

Sometimes pending internal scan commands are delayed to give
preference to Tx traffic. 'scan_processing' flag has been
checked at the beginning of delay timer routine to know if in the
meantime scan operation has been cancelled.

There is a corner case where pending scan commands are emptied
after scan_processing flag check is passed. In this case
wrong pointer returned by list_first_entry() is passed to
list_del() which causes system hang.

This patch fixes the issue by adding list_empty() check.

Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
index 3e5194f..dfa37ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ static void scan_delay_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
struct mwifiex_private *priv = (struct mwifiex_private *)data;
struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter = priv->adapter;
struct cmd_ctrl_node *cmd_node, *tmp_node;
+ spinlock_t *scan_q_lock = &adapter->scan_pending_q_lock;
unsigned long flags;

if (adapter->surprise_removed)
@@ -44,13 +45,13 @@ static void scan_delay_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
* Abort scan operation by cancelling all pending scan
* commands
*/
- spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->scan_pending_q_lock, flags);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(scan_q_lock, flags);
list_for_each_entry_safe(cmd_node, tmp_node,
&adapter->scan_pending_q, list) {
list_del(&cmd_node->list);
mwifiex_insert_cmd_to_free_q(adapter, cmd_node);
}
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->scan_pending_q_lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(scan_q_lock, flags);

spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->mwifiex_cmd_lock, flags);
adapter->scan_processing = false;
@@ -79,12 +80,17 @@ static void scan_delay_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
*/
adapter->scan_delay_cnt = 0;
adapter->empty_tx_q_cnt = 0;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->scan_pending_q_lock, flags);
+ spin_lock_irqsave(scan_q_lock, flags);
+
+ if (list_empty(&adapter->scan_pending_q)) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(scan_q_lock, flags);
+ goto done;
+ }
+
cmd_node = list_first_entry(&adapter->scan_pending_q,
struct cmd_ctrl_node, list);
list_del(&cmd_node->list);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->scan_pending_q_lock,
- flags);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(scan_q_lock, flags);

mwifiex_insert_cmd_to_pending_q(adapter, cmd_node,
true);
--
1.8.2.3