Return-path: Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:47741 "EHLO mail-ob0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759931Ab3BYQJo (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:09:44 -0500 From: Larry Finger To: linville@tuxdriver.com Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Larry Finger , netdev@vger.kernel.org, Stable Subject: [PATCH] b43: Fix lockdep splat on module unload Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:09:24 -0600 Message-Id: <1361808564-22684-1-git-send-email-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20130225_170953_613852_B1F14FFF) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On unload, b43 produces a lockdep warning that can be summarized in the following way: ====================================================== [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 3.8.0-wl+ #117 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------- modprobe/5557 is trying to acquire lock: ((&wl->firmware_load)){+.+.+.}, at: [] flush_work+0x0/0x2a0 but task is already holding lock: (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [] rtnl_lock+0x12/0x20 which lock already depends on the new lock. [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] ====================================================== The full output is available at http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1302.3/00060.html. To summarize, commit 6b6fa58 added a 'cancel_work_sync(&wl->firmware_load)' call in the wrong place. The fix is to move the cancel_work_sync() call to b43_bcma_remove() and b43_ssb_remove(). Thanks to Johannes Berg and Michael Buesch for help in diagnosing the log output. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Cc: Stable [V3.5+] --- drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c index 806e34c..0568273 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c @@ -4214,7 +4214,6 @@ redo: mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex); cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dev->periodic_work); cancel_work_sync(&wl->tx_work); - cancel_work_sync(&wl->firmware_load); mutex_lock(&wl->mutex); dev = wl->current_dev; if (!dev || b43_status(dev) < B43_STAT_STARTED) { @@ -5434,6 +5433,7 @@ static void b43_bcma_remove(struct bcma_device *core) /* We must cancel any work here before unregistering from ieee80211, * as the ieee80211 unreg will destroy the workqueue. */ cancel_work_sync(&wldev->restart_work); + cancel_work_sync(&wl->firmware_load); B43_WARN_ON(!wl); if (!wldev->fw.ucode.data) @@ -5510,6 +5510,7 @@ static void b43_ssb_remove(struct ssb_device *sdev) /* We must cancel any work here before unregistering from ieee80211, * as the ieee80211 unreg will destroy the workqueue. */ cancel_work_sync(&wldev->restart_work); + cancel_work_sync(&wl->firmware_load); B43_WARN_ON(!wl); if (!wldev->fw.ucode.data) -- 1.8.1.4