ath9k: fix race conditions when stop device

[mv-sheeva.git] / drivers / net / wireless / ath / ath9k / main.c

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index c79c97be6cd4417afd8a2cf2ff0776c11856f17b..ace9f066fa20e13a89bc655bb0ca5f5627ef740a 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1309,6 +1309,9 @@ static void ath9k_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 
        spin_lock_bh(&sc->sc_pcu_lock);
 
+       /* prevent tasklets to enable interrupts once we disable them */
+       ah->imask &= ~ATH9K_INT_GLOBAL;
+
        /* make sure h/w will not generate any interrupt
         * before setting the invalid flag. */
        ath9k_hw_disable_interrupts(ah);
@@ -1326,6 +1329,12 @@ static void ath9k_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 
        spin_unlock_bh(&sc->sc_pcu_lock);
 
+       /* we can now sync irq and kill any running tasklets, since we already
+        * disabled interrupts and not holding a spin lock */
+       synchronize_irq(sc->irq);
+       tasklet_kill(&sc->intr_tq);
+       tasklet_kill(&sc->bcon_tasklet);
+
        ath9k_ps_restore(sc);
 
        sc->ps_idle = true;