[PATCH v2] net/libertas: don't recursive spin lock in if_spi_e2h()

Sebastian Andrzej Siewior bigeasy at linutronix.de
Fri Jun 12 15:37:31 EDT 2009


|BUG: spinlock recursion on CPU#0, lbs_spi_thread/1030
| lock: dee9a1bc, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: lbs_spi_thread/1030, .owner_cpu: 0
|Call Trace:
|[deec3eb0] [c0007220] show_stack+0x4c/0x15c (unreliable)
|[deec3ef0] [c0187720] spin_bug+0x9c/0xb0
|[deec3f10] [c0187890] _raw_spin_lock+0x54/0x148
|[deec3f40] [c02d260c] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x2c/0x44
|[deec3f60] [e8671800] lbs_queue_event+0x7c/0x130 [libertas]
|[deec3f80] [e8725f04] lbs_spi_thread+0x538/0x58c [libertas_spi]
|[deec3fe0] [c004f270] kthread+0x4c/0x88
|[deec3ff0] [c000f33c] kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68

if_spi_e2h() is grabbing ->driver_lock just while calling
lbs_queue_event() which is grabbing the same lock.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy at linutronix.de>
---
v1..v2: remove flags

 drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c |    4 ----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c
index f8c2898..583162c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c
@@ -812,7 +812,6 @@ out:
 static void if_spi_e2h(struct if_spi_card *card)
 {
 	int err = 0;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 cause;
 	struct lbs_private *priv = card->priv;
 
@@ -827,10 +826,7 @@ static void if_spi_e2h(struct if_spi_card *card)
 	/* generate a card interrupt */
 	spu_write_u16(card, IF_SPI_CARD_INT_CAUSE_REG, IF_SPI_CIC_HOST_EVENT);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->driver_lock, flags);
 	lbs_queue_event(priv, cause & 0xff);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->driver_lock, flags);
-
 out:
 	if (err)
 		lbs_pr_err("%s: error %d\n", __func__, err);
-- 
1.6.0.6




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