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b43: Fix lockdep splat on module unload 

On unload, b43 produces a lockdep warning that can be summarized in the
following way:

 ======================================================
 [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
 3.8.0-wl+ #117 Not tainted
 -------------------------------------------------------
 modprobe/5557 is trying to acquire lock:
  ((&wl->firmware_load)){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81062160>] flush_work+0x0/0x2a0

 but task is already holding lock:
  (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff813bd7d2>] rtnl_lock+0x12/0x20

 which lock already depends on the new lock.
 [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
 ======================================================

The full output is available at http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1302.3/00060.html.
To summarize, commit 6b6fa58 added a 'cancel_work_sync(&wl->firmware_load)'
call in the wrong place.

The fix is to move the cancel_work_sync() call to b43_bcma_remove() and
b43_ssb_remove(). Thanks to Johannes Berg and Michael Buesch for help in
diagnosing the log output.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> [V3.5+]
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Larry Finger 2013-02-25 06:09:24 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 7992ae6df9
commit 63a02ce1c5
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
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drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
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@ -4214,7 +4214,6 @@ redo:
mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&dev->periodic_work);
cancel_work_sync(&wl->tx_work);
cancel_work_sync(&wl->firmware_load);
mutex_lock(&wl->mutex);
dev = wl->current_dev;
if (!dev || b43_status(dev) < B43_STAT_STARTED) {
@ -5434,6 +5433,7 @@ static void b43_bcma_remove(struct bcma_device *core)
/* We must cancel any work here before unregistering from ieee80211,
* as the ieee80211 unreg will destroy the workqueue. */
cancel_work_sync(&wldev->restart_work);
cancel_work_sync(&wl->firmware_load);
B43_WARN_ON(!wl);
if (!wldev->fw.ucode.data)
@ -5510,6 +5510,7 @@ static void b43_ssb_remove(struct ssb_device *sdev)
/* We must cancel any work here before unregistering from ieee80211,
* as the ieee80211 unreg will destroy the workqueue. */
cancel_work_sync(&wldev->restart_work);
cancel_work_sync(&wl->firmware_load);
B43_WARN_ON(!wl);
if (!wldev->fw.ucode.data)