[PATCH RFC v2 1/4] wifi: ath12k: switch to using wiphy_lock() and remove ar->conf_mutex

[Baochen Qiang]

On 9/19/2024 2:10 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> @@ -4310,7 +4301,7 @@ static void ath12k_sta_rc_update_wk(struct work_struct *wk)
>  
>  	spin_unlock_bh(&ar->data_lock);
>  
> -	mutex_lock(&ar->conf_mutex);
> +	wiphy_lock(ath12k_ar_to_hw(ar)->wiphy);
note in patch 4/4 ath12k_sta::update_wk is converted to use wiphy_work. While a wiphy work item is running wiphy lock is held already. So here try to acquire wiphy lock once again will lead to a deadlock.

>  
>  	nss = max_t(u32, 1, nss);
>  	nss = min(nss, max(ath12k_mac_max_ht_nss(ht_mcs_mask),
> @@ -4426,7 +4417,7 @@ static void ath12k_sta_rc_update_wk(struct work_struct *wk)
>  		}
>  	}
>  err_rc_bw_changed:
> -	mutex_unlock(&ar->conf_mutex);
> +	wiphy_unlock(ath12k_ar_to_hw(ar)->wiphy);
>  }