[17/89] brcmsmac: fix tx queue flush infinite loop

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Feb 01 2012 - 16:30:20 EST


3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit f96b08a7e6f69c0f0a576554df3df5b1b519c479 upstream.

This patch workaround live deadlock problem caused by infinite loop
in brcms_c_wait_for_tx_completion(). I do not consider the patch as
the proper fix, which should fix the real reason of tx queue flush
failure, but patch helps with system lockup.

Reference:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42576

Reported-and-tested-by: Patrick <ragamuffin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
@@ -8217,13 +8217,21 @@ int brcms_c_get_curband(struct brcms_c_i

void brcms_c_wait_for_tx_completion(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, bool drop)
{
+ int timeout = 20;
+
/* flush packet queue when requested */
if (drop)
brcmu_pktq_flush(&wlc->pkt_queue->q, false, NULL, NULL);

/* wait for queue and DMA fifos to run dry */
- while (!pktq_empty(&wlc->pkt_queue->q) || brcms_txpktpendtot(wlc) > 0)
+ while (!pktq_empty(&wlc->pkt_queue->q) || brcms_txpktpendtot(wlc) > 0) {
brcms_msleep(wlc->wl, 1);
+
+ if (--timeout == 0)
+ break;
+ }
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(timeout == 0);
}

void brcms_c_set_beacon_listen_interval(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, u8 interval)


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