[PATCH ath-current] wifi: ath12k: fix dead lock while flushing management frames

[Jeff Johnson]

On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:48:11 +0800, Baochen Qiang wrote:
> Commit [1] converted the management transmission work item into a
> wiphy work. Since a wiphy work can only run under wiphy lock
> protection, a race condition happens in below scenario:
> 
> 1. a management frame is queued for transmission.
> 2. ath12k_mac_op_flush() gets called to flush pending frames associated
>    with the hardware (i.e, vif being NULL). Then in ath12k_mac_flush()
>    the process waits for the transmission done.
> 3. Since wiphy lock has been taken by the flush process, the transmission
>    work item has no chance to run, hence the dead lock.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] wifi: ath12k: fix dead lock while flushing management frames
      commit: f88e9fc30a261d63946ddc6cc6a33405e6aa27c3

Best regards,
-- 
Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson at oss.qualcomm.com>