linux/drivers/net/wireless
Kang Yang b35de9e01f wifi: ath10k: avoid NULL pointer error during sdio remove
[ Upstream commit 95c38953cb ]

When running 'rmmod ath10k', ath10k_sdio_remove() will free sdio
workqueue by destroy_workqueue(). But if CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON
is set to yes, kernel panic will happen:
Call trace:
 destroy_workqueue+0x1c/0x258
 ath10k_sdio_remove+0x84/0x94
 sdio_bus_remove+0x50/0x16c
 device_release_driver_internal+0x188/0x25c
 device_driver_detach+0x20/0x2c

This is because during 'rmmod ath10k', ath10k_sdio_remove() will call
ath10k_core_destroy() before destroy_workqueue(). wiphy_dev_release()
will finally be called in ath10k_core_destroy(). This function will free
struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev and all its members, including
wiphy, dev and the pointer of sdio workqueue. Then the pointer of sdio
workqueue will be set to NULL due to CONFIG_INIT_ON_FREE_DEFAULT_ON.

After device release, destroy_workqueue() will use NULL pointer then the
kernel panic happen.

Call trace:
ath10k_sdio_remove
  ->ath10k_core_unregister
    ……
    ->ath10k_core_stop
      ->ath10k_hif_stop
        ->ath10k_sdio_irq_disable
    ->ath10k_hif_power_down
      ->del_timer_sync(&ar_sdio->sleep_timer)
  ->ath10k_core_destroy
    ->ath10k_mac_destroy
      ->ieee80211_free_hw
        ->wiphy_free
    ……
          ->wiphy_dev_release
  ->destroy_workqueue

Need to call destroy_workqueue() before ath10k_core_destroy(), free
the work queue buffer first and then free pointer of work queue by
ath10k_core_destroy(). This order matches the error path order in
ath10k_sdio_probe().

No work will be queued on sdio workqueue between it is destroyed and
ath10k_core_destroy() is called. Based on the call_stack above, the
reason is:
Only ath10k_sdio_sleep_timer_handler(), ath10k_sdio_hif_tx_sg() and
ath10k_sdio_irq_disable() will queue work on sdio workqueue.
Sleep timer will be deleted before ath10k_core_destroy() in
ath10k_hif_power_down().
ath10k_sdio_irq_disable() only be called in ath10k_hif_stop().
ath10k_core_unregister() will call ath10k_hif_power_down() to stop hif
bus, so ath10k_sdio_hif_tx_sg() won't be called anymore.

Tested-on: QCA6174 hw3.2 SDIO WLAN.RMH.4.4.1-00189

Signed-off-by: Kang Yang <quic_kangyang@quicinc.com>
Tested-by: David Ruth <druth@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: David Ruth <druth@chromium.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241008022246.1010-1-quic_kangyang@quicinc.com
Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2025-01-09 13:31:42 +01:00
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admtek wifi: mac80211: add wake_tx_queue callback to drivers 2022-10-10 11:00:03 +02:00
ath wifi: ath10k: avoid NULL pointer error during sdio remove 2025-01-09 13:31:42 +01:00
atmel Fix nomenclature for USB and PCI wireless devices 2023-08-25 12:56:49 +03:00
broadcom wifi: brcmfmac: Fix oops due to NULL pointer dereference in brcmf_sdiod_sglist_rw() 2024-12-14 20:00:08 +01:00
cisco wifi: airo: avoid uninitialized warning in airo_get_rate() 2023-07-11 19:22:54 -07:00
intel wifi: ipw2x00: libipw_rx_any(): fix bad alignment 2024-12-14 20:00:08 +01:00
intersil wifi: p54: Use IRQF_NO_AUTOEN flag in request_irq() 2024-12-09 10:32:00 +01:00
legacy Fix nomenclature for USB and PCI wireless devices 2023-08-25 12:56:49 +03:00
marvell wifi: mwifiex: Fix memcpy() field-spanning write warning in mwifiex_config_scan() 2024-12-09 10:32:04 +01:00
mediatek wifi: mt76: mt7915: hold dev->mt76.mutex while disabling tx worker 2024-10-10 11:57:28 +02:00
microchip wifi: radiotap: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings 2024-12-09 10:31:35 +01:00
purelifi wifi: plfxlc: check for allocation failure in plfxlc_usb_wreq_async() 2024-01-25 15:35:19 -08:00
quantenna wifi: qtnfmac: use struct_size and size_sub for payload length 2023-03-13 15:44:29 +02:00
ralink wifi: rt2x00: correct wrong BBP register in RxDCOC calibration 2024-02-05 20:14:18 +00:00
realtek wifi: rtw88: use ieee80211_purge_tx_queue() to purge TX skb 2025-01-09 13:31:42 +01:00
rsi wifi: rsi: rsi_91x_usb_ops: Remove unnecessary (void*) conversions 2023-08-23 14:07:16 +03:00
silabs wifi: wfx: Fix error handling in wfx_core_init() 2024-12-09 10:32:07 +01:00
st wifi: cw1200: Avoid processing an invalid TIM IE 2024-08-29 17:33:24 +02:00
ti wifi: wlcore: sdio: Use module_sdio_driver macro to simplify the code 2023-08-25 12:59:31 +03:00
virtual wifi: radiotap: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings 2024-12-09 10:31:35 +01:00
zydas Fix nomenclature for USB and PCI wireless devices 2023-08-25 12:56:49 +03:00
Kconfig wifi: move raycs, wl3501 and rndis_wlan to legacy directory 2023-03-13 15:42:14 +02:00
Makefile wifi: move raycs, wl3501 and rndis_wlan to legacy directory 2023-03-13 15:42:14 +02:00