ath9k: disable the tasklet before taking the PCU lock

Fixes a reported CPU soft lockup where the tasklet tries to acquire the
lock and blocks while ath_prepare_reset (holding the lock) waits for it
to complete.

Cc: [email protected]
Reported-by: Robert Shade <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[email protected]>
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Felix Fietkau 2013-01-14 16:56:46 +01:00 • committed by John W. Linville
commit 4668cce527

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@ -196,16 +196,12 @@ static bool ath_prepare_reset(struct ath_softc *sc, bool retry_tx)
ath9k_debug_samp_bb_mac(sc);
ath9k_hw_disable_interrupts(ah);
tasklet_disable(&sc->intr_tq);
if (!ath_stoprecv(sc))
ret = false;
if (!ath_drain_all_txq(sc, retry_tx))
ret = false;
tasklet_enable(&sc->intr_tq);
return ret;
}
@ -262,6 +258,7 @@ static int ath_reset_internal(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath9k_channel *hchan,
__ath_cancel_work(sc);
tasklet_disable(&sc->intr_tq);
spin_lock_bh(&sc->sc_pcu_lock);
if (!(sc->hw->conf.flags & IEEE80211_CONF_OFFCHANNEL)) {
@ -296,6 +293,8 @@ static int ath_reset_internal(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath9k_channel *hchan,
out:
spin_unlock_bh(&sc->sc_pcu_lock);
tasklet_enable(&sc->intr_tq);
return r;
}