[PATCH mt76] wifi: mt76: mt7603: avoid deadlock on failed channel config

David Bauer mail at david-bauer.net
Mon Nov 2 16:22:09 PST 2026


The synchronous call to mt7603_mac_work locks the global
mt76 device mutex. This can create a deadlock situation,
as the lock was already taken in mt76_set_channel.

Instead schedule the next mac_work iteration to happen immediately in
case a reset is necessary and perform the reset asynchronously.

Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail at david-bauer.net>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7603/main.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7603/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7603/main.c
index 757664e9e1f20..61f2461939872 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7603/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7603/main.c
@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@ int mt7603_set_channel(struct mt76_phy *mphy)
 	mt7603_mac_set_timing(dev);
 	mt7603_mac_start(dev);
 
-	ieee80211_queue_delayed_work(mt76_hw(dev), &dev->mphy.mac_work,
-				     msecs_to_jiffies(MT7603_WATCHDOG_TIME));
-
 	/* reset channel stats */
 	mt76_clear(dev, MT_MIB_CTL, MT_MIB_CTL_READ_CLR_DIS);
 	mt76_set(dev, MT_MIB_CTL,
@@ -191,9 +188,8 @@ int mt7603_set_channel(struct mt76_phy *mphy)
 		mt7603_beacon_set_timer(dev, -1, dev->mt76.beacon_int);
 
 	tasklet_enable(&dev->mt76.pre_tbtt_tasklet);
-
-	if (failed)
-		mt7603_mac_work(&dev->mphy.mac_work.work);
+	ieee80211_queue_delayed_work(mt76_hw(dev), &dev->mphy.mac_work,
+				     failed ? 0 : msecs_to_jiffies(MT7603_WATCHDOG_TIME));
 
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.53.0




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