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@@ -4208,7 +4208,6 @@ 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) {
@@ -5399,6 +5398,7 @@ 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)
@@ -5475,6 +5475,7 @@ 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)
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled b43: Fix lockdep splat on module unload to the linux-3.5.y-queue branch of the 3.5.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.5.y-queue If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.5.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Luis ------ From ccaac9debb32b76ed14a2c7b175d3f825ae5826d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:09:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] b43: Fix lockdep splat on module unload commit 63a02ce1c5c59baa40b99756492e3ec8d6b51483 upstream. 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> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> --- drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 1.8.1.2