From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>, Runyu Xiao <runyu.xiao@seu.edu.cn>
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"John W . Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@intel.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Jianhao Xu <jianhao.xu@seu.edu.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: iwlegacy: 3945: protect sysfs TX power update with mutex
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:14:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7360e480d5eb194dc7c16c6e82944dfb73f3892f.camel@sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260929181458.GA17064@wp.pl>
On Tue, 2026-09-29 at 20:14 +0200, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 08:33:29PM +0800, Runyu Xiao wrote:
> > The sysfs tx_power store handler calls il3945_hw_reg_set_txpower(), whose
> > command path requires il->mutex to be held. The callback bypasses the mutex
> > used by the other 3945 control paths, triggering the lockdep assertion and
> > allowing concurrent TX power updates to race with other command or state
> > transitions. Serialize the update with the same mutex.
> >
> > Fixes: b481de9ca074 ("[IWLWIFI]: add iwlwifi wireless drivers")
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Assisted-by: LLM
> > Signed-off-by: Runyu Xiao <runyu.xiao@seu.edu.cn>
> Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>
I think we should rather remove these files: custom, undocumented sysfs
shouldn't be there anyway...
johannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-05 13:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-29 12:33 Runyu Xiao
2026-09-29 18:14 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2026-10-05 13:14 ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2026-10-05 15:37 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
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