Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2013-02-25

Re: [PATCH] b43: Fix lockdep splat on module unload

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2013-02-25 20:48:05
Also in: linux-wireless

From: Larry Finger <redacted>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:09:24 -0600
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: [<ffffffff81062160>] flush_work+0x0/0x2a0

 but task is already holding lock:
  (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff813bd7d2>] 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 <redacted>
Applied.
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