[PATCH 1/2] kaweth: Fix locking to be SMP-safe

From: Larry Finger
Date: Sun Mar 29 2009 - 19:33:01 EST


On an SMP system, the following message is printed. The patch below gets
fixes the problem.

=================================
[ INFO: inconsistent lock state ]
2.6.29-Linus-05093-gc31f403 #57
---------------------------------
inconsistent {hardirq-on-W} -> {in-hardirq-W} usage.
bash/4105 [HC1[1]:SC0[0]:HE0:SE1] takes:
(&kaweth->device_lock){+...}, at: [<ffffffffa01aa286>]
kaweth_usb_receive+0x77/0x1af [kaw eth]
{hardirq-on-W} state was registered at:
[<ffffffff80260503>] __lock_acquire+0x753/0x1685
[<ffffffff8026148a>] lock_acquire+0x55/0x71
[<ffffffff80461ba6>] _spin_lock+0x31/0x3d
[<ffffffffa01aaa0c>] kaweth_start_xmit+0x2b/0x1e1 [kaweth]
[<ffffffff803eccd3>] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x22e/0x2ad
[<ffffffff803fe120>] __qdisc_run+0xf2/0x203
[<ffffffff803ed0cd>] dev_queue_xmit+0x263/0x39b
[<ffffffffa03a47cb>] packet_sendmsg_spkt+0x1c4/0x20a [af_packet]
[<ffffffff803de0c2>] sock_sendmsg+0xe4/0xfd
[<ffffffff803dec8f>] sys_sendto+0xe4/0x10c
[<ffffffff8020bccb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
irq event stamp: 1280
hardirqs last enabled at (1279): [<ffffffff80461a71>]
_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x44/0x4c
hardirqs last disabled at (1280): [<ffffffff8020bad7>]
save_args+0x67/0x70
softirqs last enabled at (660): [<ffffffff8024192c>]
__do_softirq+0x14d/0x15d
softirqs last disabled at (651): [<ffffffff8020ce9c>]
call_softirq+0x1c/0x28

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Jeff,

As the listed authors of this driver have not touched it in several years,
I have taken the liberty of sending it to you as networking drivers maintainer.
I hope this is OK.

Larry
---

Index: wireless-testing/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
+++ wireless-testing/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
* Run test procedures
* Fix bugs from previous two steps
* Snoop other OSs for any tricks we're not doing
- * SMP locking
* Reduce arbitrary timeouts
* Smart multicast support
* Temporary MAC change support
@@ -529,6 +528,7 @@ static void int_callback(struct urb *u)
goto resubmit;
}

+ spin_lock(&kaweth->device_lock);
/* we check the link state to report changes */
if (kaweth->linkstate != (act_state = ( kaweth->intbuffer[STATE_OFFSET] | STATE_MASK) >> STATE_SHIFT)) {
if (act_state)
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ static void int_callback(struct urb *u)
}
resubmit:
kaweth_resubmit_int_urb(kaweth, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ spin_unlock(&kaweth->device_lock);
}

static void kaweth_resubmit_tl(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -606,21 +607,19 @@ static void kaweth_usb_receive(struct ur
__u16 pkt_len = le16_to_cpup((__le16 *)kaweth->rx_buf);

struct sk_buff *skb;
+ unsigned long flags;

+ spin_lock_irqsave(&kaweth->device_lock, flags);
if(unlikely(status == -ECONNRESET || status == -ESHUTDOWN))
/* we are killed - set a flag and wake the disconnect handler */
{
kaweth->end = 1;
wake_up(&kaweth->term_wait);
- return;
+ goto out;
}

- spin_lock(&kaweth->device_lock);
- if (IS_BLOCKED(kaweth->status)) {
- spin_unlock(&kaweth->device_lock);
- return;
- }
- spin_unlock(&kaweth->device_lock);
+ if (IS_BLOCKED(kaweth->status))
+ goto out;

if(status && status != -EREMOTEIO && count != 1) {
err("%s RX status: %d count: %d packet_len: %d",
@@ -629,7 +628,7 @@ static void kaweth_usb_receive(struct ur
count,
(int)pkt_len);
kaweth_resubmit_rx_urb(kaweth, GFP_ATOMIC);
- return;
+ goto out;
}

if(kaweth->net && (count > 2)) {
@@ -638,12 +637,12 @@ static void kaweth_usb_receive(struct ur
err("Packet len & 2047: %x", pkt_len & 2047);
err("Count 2: %x", count2);
kaweth_resubmit_rx_urb(kaweth, GFP_ATOMIC);
- return;
+ goto out;
}

if(!(skb = dev_alloc_skb(pkt_len+2))) {
kaweth_resubmit_rx_urb(kaweth, GFP_ATOMIC);
- return;
+ goto out;
}

skb_reserve(skb, 2); /* Align IP on 16 byte boundaries */
@@ -661,6 +660,8 @@ static void kaweth_usb_receive(struct ur
}

kaweth_resubmit_rx_urb(kaweth, GFP_ATOMIC);
+out:
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kaweth->device_lock, flags);
}

/****************************************************************
@@ -778,12 +779,14 @@ static void kaweth_usb_transmit_complete
struct sk_buff *skb = kaweth->tx_skb;
int status = urb->status;

+ spin_lock(&kaweth->device_lock);
if (unlikely(status != 0))
if (status != -ENOENT)
dbg("%s: TX status %d.", kaweth->net->name, status);

netif_wake_queue(kaweth->net);
dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
+ spin_unlock(&kaweth->device_lock);
}

/****************************************************************
@@ -796,7 +799,7 @@ static int kaweth_start_xmit(struct sk_b

int res;

- spin_lock(&kaweth->device_lock);
+ spin_lock_irq(&kaweth->device_lock);

kaweth_async_set_rx_mode(kaweth);
netif_stop_queue(net);
@@ -814,7 +817,7 @@ static int kaweth_start_xmit(struct sk_b
if (!copied_skb) {
kaweth->stats.tx_errors++;
netif_start_queue(net);
- spin_unlock(&kaweth->device_lock);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&kaweth->device_lock);
return 0;
}
}
@@ -848,7 +851,7 @@ skip:
net->trans_start = jiffies;
}

- spin_unlock(&kaweth->device_lock);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&kaweth->device_lock);

return 0;
}
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