The patch below does not apply to the 3.5-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.
thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 64bc1239c790e051ff677e023435d770d2ffa174 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:13:43 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: Fix softlockup in AR9485 steps to recreate: load latest ath9k driver with AR9485 stop the network-manager and wpa_supplicant bring the interface up Call Trace: [<ffffffffa0517490>] ? ath_hw_check+0xe0/0xe0 [ath9k] [<ffffffff812cd1e8>] __const_udelay+0x28/0x30 [<ffffffffa03bae7a>] ar9003_get_pll_sqsum_dvc+0x4a/0x80 [ath9k_hw] [<ffffffffa05174eb>] ath_hw_pll_work+0x5b/0xe0 [ath9k] [<ffffffff810744fe>] process_one_work+0x11e/0x470 [<ffffffff8107530f>] worker_thread+0x15f/0x360 [<ffffffff810751b0>] ? manage_workers+0x230/0x230 [<ffffffff81079af3>] kthread+0x93/0xa0 [<ffffffff815fd3a4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffff81079a60>] ? kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x70/0x70 [<ffffffff815fd3a0>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13 ensure that the PLL-WAR for AR9485/AR9340 is executed only if the STA is associated (or) IBSS/AP mode had started beaconing. Ideally this WAR is needed to recover from some rare beacon stuck during stress testing. Before the STA is associated/IBSS had started beaconing, PLL4(0x1618c) always seem to have zero even though we had configured PLL3(0x16188) to query about PLL's locking status. When we keep on polling infinitely PLL4's 8th bit(ie check for PLL locking measurements is done), machine hangs due to softlockup. fixes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811142 Reported-by: Rolf Offermanns <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Tested-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[email protected]> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/link.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/link.c index 0cc4c70..a105c94 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/link.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/link.c @@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ void ath_hw_pll_work(struct work_struct *work) u32 pll_sqsum; struct ath_softc *sc = container_of(work, struct ath_softc, hw_pll_work.work); + /* + * ensure that the PLL WAR is executed only + * after the STA is associated (or) if the + * beaconing had started in interfaces that + * uses beacons. + */ + if (!test_bit(SC_OP_BEACONS, &sc->sc_flags)) + return; ath9k_ps_wakeup(sc); pll_sqsum = ar9003_get_pll_sqsum_dvc(sc->sc_ah); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
