From: Vasiliy Kovalev <kovalev@altlinux.org>
To: devel-kernel@lists.altlinux.org
Subject: Re: [d-kernel] [PATCH 3/2] wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix potential deadlock in mt7921_roc_abort_sync
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:07:31 +0300
Message-ID: <7f0d3faa-8609-b404-0aa1-4f5f679556f3@basealt.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260611104408.227113-1-rauty@altlinux.org>
Добрый день,
On 6/11/26 13:44, Ajrat Makhmutov wrote:
> From: Sean Wang <sean.wang@mediatek.com>
>
При бэкпортировании следует указывать хэш оригинального коммита из
mainline, например:
commit d5059e52fd8bc624ec4255c9fa01a266513d126b upstream.
> roc_abort_sync() can deadlock with roc_work(). roc_work() holds
> dev->mt76.mutex, while cancel_work_sync() waits for roc_work()
> to finish. If the caller already owns the same mutex, both
> sides block and no progress is possible.
>
> This deadlock can occur during station removal when
> mt76_sta_state() -> mt76_sta_remove() -> mt7921_mac_sta_remove() ->
> mt7921_roc_abort_sync() invokes cancel_work_sync() while
> roc_work() is still running and holding dev->mt76.mutex.
>
> This avoids the mutex deadlock and preserves exactly-once
> work ownership.
>
> Fixes: 352d966126e6 ("wifi: mt76: mt7921: fix a potential association failure upon resuming")
> Co-developed-by: Quan Zhou <quan.zhou@mediatek.com>
> Signed-off-by: Quan Zhou <quan.zhou@mediatek.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Wang <sean.wang@mediatek.com>
> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260126180013.8167-1-sean.wang@kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
> (cherry picked from commit d5059e52fd8bc624ec4255c9fa01a266513d126b)
cherry picked здесь не дает полезной информации, можно убрать
> [ALT: keep del_timer_sync() instead of timer_delete_sync() — the
> timer API rename is not present in 6.12.y. ]
вместо "ALT" лучше указать бэкпортера "Ajrat"
> ---
> Дополнение к ранее присланной серии из двух патчей.
>
> Саша Левин на ревью запроса в stable@ указал, что patch 2/2 (5ed54896,
> "fix a potential scan no APs") в одиночку вносит достижимый self-deadlock
> по dev->mt76.mutex: путь удаления станции идёт под этим mutex (его берёт
> ядровая mt76_sta_remove()), а добавленный там roc_abort_sync() делает
> cancel_work_sync() по roc_work(), который тоже хочет этот mutex.
Саша Левин вроде как не против [1] принять серию из 3х патчей в stable
6.12.y ветку, подготовьте исправленную версию и отправьте туда.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260610-stable-reply-0014@kernel.org/#t
> Этот коммит (d5059e52) — обязательное лечение, применять вместе с 2/2.
> Таким образом серия теперь из трёх патчей.
>
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/main.c | 13 ++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/main.c
> index f2fffca868b51..99561094640f1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/main.c
> @@ -365,12 +365,15 @@ void mt7921_roc_abort_sync(struct mt792x_dev *dev)
> {
> struct mt792x_phy *phy = &dev->phy;
>
> + if (!test_and_clear_bit(MT76_STATE_ROC, &phy->mt76->state))
> + return;
> +
> del_timer_sync(&phy->roc_timer);
> - cancel_work_sync(&phy->roc_work);
> - if (test_and_clear_bit(MT76_STATE_ROC, &phy->mt76->state))
> - ieee80211_iterate_interfaces(mt76_hw(dev),
> - IEEE80211_IFACE_ITER_RESUME_ALL,
> - mt7921_roc_iter, (void *)phy);
> + cancel_work(&phy->roc_work);
> +
> + ieee80211_iterate_interfaces(mt76_hw(dev),
> + IEEE80211_IFACE_ITER_RESUME_ALL,
> + mt7921_roc_iter, (void *)phy);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mt7921_roc_abort_sync);
>
> --
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Thanks,
Vasiliy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-11 11:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-11 10:44 ` Ajrat Makhmutov
2026-06-11 11:07 ` Vasiliy Kovalev [this message]
2026-06-11 11:11 ` Vasiliy Kovalev
2026-06-11 11:15 ` Ajrat Makhmutov
2026-06-11 11:59 ` Vasiliy Kovalev
2026-06-16 14:39 ` Ajrat Makhmutov
2026-06-17 7:43 ` Vasiliy Kovalev
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