ath9k: fix a DMA related race condition on reset
When ath_drain_all_txq fails to stop DMA, it issues a hw reset. This reset
happens at a very problematic point in time, when the hardware rx path has
not been stopped yet. This could lead to memory corruption, hardware hangs
or other issues.
To fix these issues, simply remove the reset entirely and check the tx DMA
stop status to prevent problems with fast channel changes.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
index f2ade24..aff0478 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@
}
}
-void ath_drain_all_txq(struct ath_softc *sc, bool retry_tx)
+bool ath_drain_all_txq(struct ath_softc *sc, bool retry_tx)
{
struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(sc->sc_ah);
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@
int i, npend = 0;
if (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_INVALID)
- return;
+ return true;
/* Stop beacon queue */
ath9k_hw_stoptxdma(sc->sc_ah, sc->beacon.beaconq);
@@ -1142,25 +1142,15 @@
}
}
- if (npend) {
- int r;
-
- ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
- "Failed to stop TX DMA. Resetting hardware!\n");
-
- spin_lock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
- r = ath9k_hw_reset(ah, sc->sc_ah->curchan, ah->caldata, false);
- if (r)
- ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
- "Unable to reset hardware; reset status %d\n",
- r);
- spin_unlock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
- }
+ if (npend)
+ ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL, "Failed to stop TX DMA!\n");
for (i = 0; i < ATH9K_NUM_TX_QUEUES; i++) {
if (ATH_TXQ_SETUP(sc, i))
ath_draintxq(sc, &sc->tx.txq[i], retry_tx);
}
+
+ return !npend;
}
void ath_tx_cleanupq(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq)