[PATCH] wifi: mt76: fix deadlock in remain-on-channel

Chad Monroe chad at monroe.io
Mon Dec 8 04:49:33 PST 2025


mt76_remain_on_channel() and mt76_roc_complete() call mt76_set_channel()
while already holding dev->mutex. Since mt76_set_channel() also acquires
dev->mutex, this results in a deadlock.

Use __mt76_set_channel() instead of mt76_set_channel().
Add cancel_delayed_work_sync() for mac_work before acquiring the mutex
in mt76_remain_on_channel() to prevent a secondary deadlock with the
mac_work workqueue.

Signed-off-by: Chad Monroe <chad at monroe.io>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/channel.c | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/channel.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/channel.c
index 2b705bdb7993..d9f8529db7ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/channel.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ void mt76_roc_complete(struct mt76_phy *phy)
 		mlink->mvif->roc_phy = NULL;
 	if (phy->main_chandef.chan &&
 	    !test_bit(MT76_MCU_RESET, &dev->phy.state))
-		mt76_set_channel(phy, &phy->main_chandef, false);
+		__mt76_set_channel(phy, &phy->main_chandef, false);
 	mt76_put_vif_phy_link(phy, phy->roc_vif, phy->roc_link);
 	phy->roc_vif = NULL;
 	phy->roc_link = NULL;
@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ int mt76_remain_on_channel(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 	if (!phy)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&phy->mac_work);
+
 	mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
 
 	if (phy->roc_vif || dev->scan.phy == phy ||
@@ -388,7 +390,14 @@ int mt76_remain_on_channel(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 	phy->roc_vif = vif;
 	phy->roc_link = mlink;
 	cfg80211_chandef_create(&chandef, chan, NL80211_CHAN_HT20);
-	mt76_set_channel(phy, &chandef, true);
+	ret = __mt76_set_channel(phy, &chandef, true);
+	if (ret) {
+		mlink->mvif->roc_phy = NULL;
+		phy->roc_vif = NULL;
+		phy->roc_link = NULL;
+		mt76_put_vif_phy_link(phy, vif, mlink);
+		goto out;
+	}
 	ieee80211_ready_on_channel(hw);
 	ieee80211_queue_delayed_work(phy->hw, &phy->roc_work,
 				     msecs_to_jiffies(duration));
-- 
2.47.3





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