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[1/3] mwifiex: fix kernel crash for USB chipsets

Message ID 1474384744-14096-1-git-send-email-akarwar@marvell.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 1afac196c16753f93d482eedb9aeb802e740e67e
Delegated to: Kalle Valo
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Commit Message

Amitkumar Karwar Sept. 20, 2016, 3:19 p.m. UTC
From: Cathy Luo <cluo@marvell.com>

Following crash issue is observed during TCP traffic stress
test

[ 2253.625439] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 22s!
[kworker/u17:1:5191]
[ 2253.625520] Call Trace:
[ 2253.625527]  [<ffffffffc0b47030>] ? moal_spin_lock+0x30/0x30
[usb8xxx]
[ 2253.625533]  [<ffffffffc0ac3ceb>] ? wlan_wmm_lists_empty+0xb/0xf0
[mlan]
[ 2253.625537]  [<ffffffffc0ab0ea3>] mlan_main_process+0x1b3/0x720
[mlan]
[ 2253.625540]  [<ffffffffc0b337f5>] woal_main_work_queue+0x45/0x80
[usb8xxx]
[ 2253.625543]  [<ffffffff8108aaf0>] process_one_work+0x150/0x3f0
[ 2253.625545]  [<ffffffff8108b1e1>] worker_thread+0x121/0x520
[ 2253.625547]  [<ffffffff8108b0c0>] ? rescuer_thread+0x330/0x330
[ 2253.625549]  [<ffffffff81090222>] kthread+0xd2/0xf0
[ 2253.625551]  [<ffffffff81090150>] ?
kthread_create_on_node+0x1c0/0x1c0
[ 2253.625553]  [<ffffffff8179423c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
[ 2253.625555]  [<ffffffff81090150>] ?
kthread_create_on_node+0x1c0/0x1c0

In mwifiex_usb_tx_complete(), we are updating port->block_status first
and then freeing the skb attached to that URB. We may end up attaching
new skb to URB in a corner case and same will be freed. This results in
the kernel crash. The problem is solved by changing the sequence.

Signed-off-by: Cathy Luo <cluo@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Shengzhen Li <szli@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@marvell.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Kalle Valo Sept. 26, 2016, 5:40 p.m. UTC | #1
Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@marvell.com> wrote:
> From: Cathy Luo <cluo@marvell.com>
> 
> Following crash issue is observed during TCP traffic stress
> test
> 
> [ 2253.625439] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 22s!
> [kworker/u17:1:5191]
> [ 2253.625520] Call Trace:
> [ 2253.625527]  [<ffffffffc0b47030>] ? moal_spin_lock+0x30/0x30
> [usb8xxx]
> [ 2253.625533]  [<ffffffffc0ac3ceb>] ? wlan_wmm_lists_empty+0xb/0xf0
> [mlan]
> [ 2253.625537]  [<ffffffffc0ab0ea3>] mlan_main_process+0x1b3/0x720
> [mlan]
> [ 2253.625540]  [<ffffffffc0b337f5>] woal_main_work_queue+0x45/0x80
> [usb8xxx]
> [ 2253.625543]  [<ffffffff8108aaf0>] process_one_work+0x150/0x3f0
> [ 2253.625545]  [<ffffffff8108b1e1>] worker_thread+0x121/0x520
> [ 2253.625547]  [<ffffffff8108b0c0>] ? rescuer_thread+0x330/0x330
> [ 2253.625549]  [<ffffffff81090222>] kthread+0xd2/0xf0
> [ 2253.625551]  [<ffffffff81090150>] ?
> kthread_create_on_node+0x1c0/0x1c0
> [ 2253.625553]  [<ffffffff8179423c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
> [ 2253.625555]  [<ffffffff81090150>] ?
> kthread_create_on_node+0x1c0/0x1c0
> 
> In mwifiex_usb_tx_complete(), we are updating port->block_status first
> and then freeing the skb attached to that URB. We may end up attaching
> new skb to URB in a corner case and same will be freed. This results in
> the kernel crash. The problem is solved by changing the sequence.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cathy Luo <cluo@marvell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shengzhen Li <szli@marvell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@marvell.com>

3 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

1afac196c167 mwifiex: fix kernel crash for USB chipsets
5476f8030d9a mwifiex: fix race condition causing tx timeout
ac3b561721e9 mwifiex: code rearrangement in mwifiex_usb_host_to_card()
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c
index 8a20620..e8283dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@  static void mwifiex_usb_tx_complete(struct urb *urb)
 	} else {
 		mwifiex_dbg(adapter, DATA,
 			    "%s: DATA\n", __func__);
+		mwifiex_write_data_complete(adapter, context->skb, 0,
+					    urb->status ? -1 : 0);
 		for (i = 0; i < MWIFIEX_TX_DATA_PORT; i++) {
 			port = &card->port[i];
 			if (context->ep == port->tx_data_ep) {
@@ -282,8 +284,6 @@  static void mwifiex_usb_tx_complete(struct urb *urb)
 			}
 		}
 		adapter->data_sent = false;
-		mwifiex_write_data_complete(adapter, context->skb, 0,
-					    urb->status ? -1 : 0);
 	}
 
 	if (card->mc_resync_flag)