[RFT,v2] cfg80211: fix possible circular lock on reg_regdb_search()

Commit Message

Luis R. Rodriguez Sept. 13, 2012, 8:55 p.m. UTC

From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <[e-mail]>

When call_crda() is called we kick off a witch hunt search
for the same regulatory domain on our internal regulatory
database and that work gets kicked off on a workqueue, this
is done while the cfg80211_mutex is held. If that workqueue
kicks off it will first lock reg_regdb_search_mutex and
later cfg80211_mutex but to ensure two CPUs will not contend
against cfg80211_mutex the right thing to do is to have the
reg_regdb_search() wait until the cfg80211_mutex is let go.

The lockdep report is pasted below.

cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain

Comments

Felix Fietkau Sept. 14, 2012, 1:35 p.m. UTC | #1

On 2012-09-13 10:55 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <[e-mail]>
> 
> When call_crda() is called we kick off a witch hunt search
> for the same regulatory domain on our internal regulatory
> database and that work gets kicked off on a workqueue, this
> is done while the cfg80211_mutex is held. If that workqueue
> kicks off it will first lock reg_regdb_search_mutex and
> later cfg80211_mutex but to ensure two CPUs will not contend
> against cfg80211_mutex the right thing to do is to have the
> reg_regdb_search() wait until the cfg80211_mutex is let go.
Tested-by: Felix Fietkau <[e-mail]>

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Patch

======================================================
[ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
3.3.8 #3 Tainted: G           O
-------------------------------------------------------
kworker/0:1/235 is trying to acquire lock:
 (cfg80211_mutex){+.+...}, at: [<816468a4>] set_regdom+0x78c/0x808 [cfg80211]

but task is already holding lock:
 (reg_regdb_search_mutex){+.+...}, at: [<81646828>] set_regdom+0x710/0x808 [cfg80211]

which lock already depends on the new lock.

the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (reg_regdb_search_mutex){+.+...}:
       [<800a8384>] lock_acquire+0x60/0x88
       [<802950a8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x54/0x31c
       [<81645778>] is_world_regdom+0x9f8/0xc74 [cfg80211]

-> #1 (reg_mutex#2){+.+...}:
       [<800a8384>] lock_acquire+0x60/0x88
       [<802950a8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x54/0x31c
       [<8164539c>] is_world_regdom+0x61c/0xc74 [cfg80211]

-> #0 (cfg80211_mutex){+.+...}:
       [<800a77b8>] __lock_acquire+0x10d4/0x17bc
       [<800a8384>] lock_acquire+0x60/0x88
       [<802950a8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x54/0x31c
       [<816468a4>] set_regdom+0x78c/0x808 [cfg80211]

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
  cfg80211_mutex --> reg_mutex#2 --> reg_regdb_search_mutex

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(reg_regdb_search_mutex);
                               lock(reg_mutex#2);
                               lock(reg_regdb_search_mutex);
  lock(cfg80211_mutex);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by kworker/0:1/235:
 #0:  (events){.+.+..}, at: [<80089a00>] process_one_work+0x230/0x460
 #1:  (reg_regdb_work){+.+...}, at: [<80089a00>] process_one_work+0x230/0x460
 #2:  (reg_regdb_search_mutex){+.+...}, at: [<81646828>] set_regdom+0x710/0x808 [cfg80211]

stack backtrace:
Call Trace:
[<80290fd4>] dump_stack+0x8/0x34
[<80291bc4>] print_circular_bug+0x2ac/0x2d8
[<800a77b8>] __lock_acquire+0x10d4/0x17bc
[<800a8384>] lock_acquire+0x60/0x88
[<802950a8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x54/0x31c
[<816468a4>] set_regdom+0x78c/0x808 [cfg80211]

Reported-by: Felix Fietkau <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <[e-mail]>
---

This v2 remoes the search lock from the context of calling
set_regdom().

 net/wireless/reg.c |   12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
index 1ad04e5..4de18ae 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@  static void reg_regdb_search(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct reg_regdb_search_request *request;
 	const struct ieee80211_regdomain *curdom, *regdom;
 	int i, r;
+	bool set_reg = false;
+
+	mutex_lock(&cfg80211_mutex);
 
 	mutex_lock(&reg_regdb_search_mutex);
 	while (!list_empty(&reg_regdb_search_list)) {
@@ -365,9 +368,7 @@  static void reg_regdb_search(struct work_struct *work)
 				r = reg_copy_regd(&regdom, curdom);
 				if (r)
 					break;
-				mutex_lock(&cfg80211_mutex);
-				set_regdom(regdom);
-				mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex);
+				set_reg = true;
 				break;
 			}
 		}
@@ -375,6 +376,11 @@  static void reg_regdb_search(struct work_struct *work)
 		kfree(request);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&reg_regdb_search_mutex);
+
+	if (set_reg)
+		set_regdom(regdom);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex);
 }
 
 static DECLARE_WORK(reg_regdb_work, reg_regdb_search);