[PATCH] wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: spin_lock_bh() to fix lockdep regression

From: Hugh Dickins
Date: Fri Jun 09 2023 - 17:29:56 EST


Lockdep on 6.4-rc on ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th says
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WARNING: SOFTIRQ-safe -> SOFTIRQ-unsafe lock order detected
6.4.0-rc5 #1 Not tainted
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kworker/3:1/49 [HC0[0]:SC0[4]:HE1:SE0] is trying to acquire:
ffff8881066fa368 (&mvm_sta->deflink.lq_sta.rs_drv.pers.lock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: rs_drv_get_rate+0x46/0xe7

and this task is already holding:
ffff8881066f80a8 (&sta->rate_ctrl_lock){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: rate_control_get_rate+0xbd/0x126
which would create a new lock dependency:
(&sta->rate_ctrl_lock){+.-.}-{2:2} -> (&mvm_sta->deflink.lq_sta.rs_drv.pers.lock){+.+.}-{2:2}

but this new dependency connects a SOFTIRQ-irq-safe lock:
(&sta->rate_ctrl_lock){+.-.}-{2:2}
etc. etc. etc.

Changing the spin_lock() in rs_drv_get_rate() to spin_lock_bh() was not
enough to pacify lockdep, but changing them all on pers.lock has worked.

Fixes: a8938bc881d2 ("wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: Add locking to the rate read flow")
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- 6.4-rc5/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c
+++ linux/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rs.c
@@ -2692,7 +2692,7 @@ static void rs_drv_get_rate(void *mvm_r,

lq_sta = mvm_sta;

- spin_lock(&lq_sta->pers.lock);
+ spin_lock_bh(&lq_sta->pers.lock);
iwl_mvm_hwrate_to_tx_rate_v1(lq_sta->last_rate_n_flags,
info->band, &info->control.rates[0]);
info->control.rates[0].count = 1;
@@ -2707,7 +2707,7 @@ static void rs_drv_get_rate(void *mvm_r,
iwl_mvm_hwrate_to_tx_rate_v1(last_ucode_rate, info->band,
&txrc->reported_rate);
}
- spin_unlock(&lq_sta->pers.lock);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&lq_sta->pers.lock);
}

static void *rs_drv_alloc_sta(void *mvm_rate, struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
@@ -3264,11 +3264,11 @@ void iwl_mvm_rs_tx_status(struct iwl_mvm
/* If it's locked we are in middle of init flow
* just wait for next tx status to update the lq_sta data
*/
- if (!spin_trylock(&mvmsta->deflink.lq_sta.rs_drv.pers.lock))
+ if (!spin_trylock_bh(&mvmsta->deflink.lq_sta.rs_drv.pers.lock))
return;

__iwl_mvm_rs_tx_status(mvm, sta, tid, info, ndp);
- spin_unlock(&mvmsta->deflink.lq_sta.rs_drv.pers.lock);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&mvmsta->deflink.lq_sta.rs_drv.pers.lock);
}

#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
@@ -4117,9 +4117,9 @@ void iwl_mvm_rs_rate_init(struct iwl_mvm
} else {
struct iwl_mvm_sta *mvmsta = iwl_mvm_sta_from_mac80211(sta);

- spin_lock(&mvmsta->deflink.lq_sta.rs_drv.pers.lock);
+ spin_lock_bh(&mvmsta->deflink.lq_sta.rs_drv.pers.lock);
rs_drv_rate_init(mvm, sta, band);
- spin_unlock(&mvmsta->deflink.lq_sta.rs_drv.pers.lock);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&mvmsta->deflink.lq_sta.rs_drv.pers.lock);
}
}