* [PATCH mt76] wifi: mt76: mt7603: avoid deadlock on failed channel config
@ 2026-11-03 0:22 David Bauer
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From: David Bauer @ 2026-11-03 0:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Felix Fietkau, Lorenzo Bianconi, Ryder Lee, Shayne Chen,
Sean Wang, Matthias Brugger, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
Cc: linux-wireless, linux-kernel, linux-arm-kernel, linux-mediatek
The synchronous call to mt7603_mac_work locks the global
mt76 device mutex. This can create a deadlock situation,
as the lock was already taken in mt76_set_channel.
Instead schedule the next mac_work iteration to happen immediately in
case a reset is necessary and perform the reset asynchronously.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7603/main.c | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7603/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7603/main.c
index 757664e9e1f20..61f2461939872 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7603/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7603/main.c
@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@ int mt7603_set_channel(struct mt76_phy *mphy)
mt7603_mac_set_timing(dev);
mt7603_mac_start(dev);
- ieee80211_queue_delayed_work(mt76_hw(dev), &dev->mphy.mac_work,
- msecs_to_jiffies(MT7603_WATCHDOG_TIME));
-
/* reset channel stats */
mt76_clear(dev, MT_MIB_CTL, MT_MIB_CTL_READ_CLR_DIS);
mt76_set(dev, MT_MIB_CTL,
@@ -191,9 +188,8 @@ int mt7603_set_channel(struct mt76_phy *mphy)
mt7603_beacon_set_timer(dev, -1, dev->mt76.beacon_int);
tasklet_enable(&dev->mt76.pre_tbtt_tasklet);
-
- if (failed)
- mt7603_mac_work(&dev->mphy.mac_work.work);
+ ieee80211_queue_delayed_work(mt76_hw(dev), &dev->mphy.mac_work,
+ failed ? 0 : msecs_to_jiffies(MT7603_WATCHDOG_TIME));
return ret;
}
--
2.53.0
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