Jia-Ju Bai [off-list ref] wrote:
The driver may sleep under a spin lock, and the function call path is:
cw1200_tx_confirm_cb (acquire the lock by spin_lock)
__cw1200_cqm_bssloss_sm
cancel_work_sync --> may sleep
cw1200_cqm_bssloss_sm
__cw1200_cqm_bssloss_sm
cancel_work_sync --> may sleep
To fix it, the lock is released before cancel_work_sync, and the lock
is acquired again after this function.
Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <redacted>
I assume that you haven't tested this on a real device and only compile tested.
You should mention that in the commit log.
Releasing a lock held by calling function is evil. Did you do any lock analysis
or are you just blindly releasing locks to fix a warning in your tool?
Also I would like to have an ack from a reviewer before I can take patches like
this.
Patch set to Changes Requested.
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9758613/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches