wil6210: fix deadlock when using fw_no_recovery option

When FW crashes with no_fw_recovery option, driver
waits for manual recovery with wil->mutex held, this
can easily create deadlocks.
Fix the problem by moving the wait outside the lock.

Signed-off-by: Lior David <qca_liord@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Maya Erez <qca_merez@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
index b04ff87d668202ee3ef4194c191853587c0501db..a9bbd0be2e3ca0326f9ff109f9e80b0833c85f90 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
@@ -388,18 +388,19 @@ static void wil_fw_error_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 
        wil->last_fw_recovery = jiffies;
 
+       wil_info(wil, "fw error recovery requested (try %d)...\n",
+                wil->recovery_count);
+       if (!no_fw_recovery)
+               wil->recovery_state = fw_recovery_running;
+       if (wil_wait_for_recovery(wil) != 0)
+               return;
+
        mutex_lock(&wil->mutex);
        switch (wdev->iftype) {
        case NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION:
        case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT:
        case NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR:
-               wil_info(wil, "fw error recovery requested (try %d)...\n",
-                        wil->recovery_count);
-               if (!no_fw_recovery)
-                       wil->recovery_state = fw_recovery_running;
-               if (0 != wil_wait_for_recovery(wil))
-                       break;
-
+               /* silent recovery, upper layers will see disconnect */
                __wil_down(wil);
                __wil_up(wil);
                break;