[PATCH] libertas: fix spinlock recursion bug

Dan Williams dcbw at redhat.com
Wed Mar 19 11:02:46 EDT 2008


On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 15:24 +0100, Holger Schurig wrote:
> This fixes a bug detected by CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK:
> 
> if_cs_get_int_status() is only called from lbs_thread(), via
> priv->hw_get_int_status. However, lbs_thread() has already taken the
> priv->driver_lock. So it's a fault to take the same lock again here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Holger Schurig <hs4233 at mail.mn-solutions.de>

Acked-by: Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com>

> CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK,
> ---
> 
> John, this patch might also go into linux-2.6.25-rcX
> 
> Index: wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_cs.c
> ===================================================================
> --- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_cs.c	2008-03-19 13:46:47.000000000 +0100
> +++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_cs.c	2008-03-19 13:46:53.000000000 +0100
> @@ -677,9 +677,7 @@ sbi_get_int_status_exit:
>  
>  	/* Card has a command result for us */
>  	if (*ireg & IF_CS_C_S_CMD_UPLD_RDY) {
> -		spin_lock(&priv->driver_lock);
>  		ret = if_cs_receive_cmdres(priv, priv->upld_buf, &priv->upld_len);
> -		spin_unlock(&priv->driver_lock);
>  		if (ret < 0)
>  			lbs_pr_err("could not receive cmd from card\n");
>  	}




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