[PATCH] wifi: ath11k: avoid deadlock during regulatory update in ath11k_regd_update()

[Jeff Johnson]

On 10/6/2022 8:17 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> From: Wen Gong <quic_wgong at quicinc.com>
> 
> Running this test in a loop it is easy to reproduce an rtnl deadlock:
> 
> iw reg set FI
> ifconfig wlan0 down
> 
> What happens is that thread A (workqueue) tries to update the regulatory:
> 
>      try to acquire the rtnl_lock of ar->regd_update_work
> 
>      rtnl_lock+0x17/0x20
>      ath11k_regd_update+0x15a/0x260 [ath11k]
>      ath11k_regd_update_work+0x15/0x20 [ath11k]
>      process_one_work+0x228/0x670
>      worker_thread+0x4d/0x440
>      kthread+0x16d/0x1b0
>      ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
> 
> And thread B (ifconfig) tries to stop the interface:
> 
>      try to cancel_work_sync(&ar->regd_update_work) in ath11k_mac_op_stop().
>      ifconfig  3109 [003]  2414.232506: probe:
> 
>      ath11k_mac_op_stop: (ffffffffc14187a0)
>      drv_stop+0x30 ([mac80211])
>      ieee80211_do_stop+0x5d2 ([mac80211])
>      ieee80211_stop+0x3e ([mac80211])
>      __dev_close_many+0x9e ([kernel.kallsyms])
>      __dev_change_flags+0xbe ([kernel.kallsyms])
>      dev_change_flags+0x23 ([kernel.kallsyms])
>      devinet_ioctl+0x5e3 ([kernel.kallsyms])
>      inet_ioctl+0x197 ([kernel.kallsyms])
>      sock_do_ioctl+0x4d ([kernel.kallsyms])
>      sock_ioctl+0x264 ([kernel.kallsyms])
>      __x64_sys_ioctl+0x92 ([kernel.kallsyms])
>      do_syscall_64+0x3a ([kernel.kallsyms])
>      entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63 ([kernel.kallsyms])
>      __GI___ioctl+0x7 (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.23.so)
> 
> The sequence of deadlock is:
> 
> 1. Thread B calls rtnl_lock().
> 
> 2. Thread A starts to run and calls rtnl_lock() from within
>     ath11k_regd_update_work(), then enters wait state because the lock is owned by
>     thread B.
> 
> 3. Thread B continues to run and tries to call
>     cancel_work_sync(&ar->regd_update_work), but thread A is in
>     ath11k_regd_update_work() waiting for rtnl_lock(). So cancel_work_sync()
>     forever waits for ath11k_regd_update_work() to finish and we have a deadlock.
> 
> Fix this by switching from using regulatory_set_wiphy_regd_sync() to
> regulatory_set_wiphy_regd(). Now cfg80211 will schedule another workqueue which
> handles the locking on it's own. So the ath11k workqueue can simply exit without
> taking any locks, avoiding the deadlock.
> 
> Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <quic_wgong at quicinc.com>
> [kvalo: improve commit log]
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo at quicinc.com>

Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson at quicinc.com>