Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: Add the missing rcu_read_lock/unlock

From: Larry Finger
Date: Sun Feb 27 2011 - 17:02:34 EST


On 02/27/2011 02:59 PM, Alessio Igor Bogani wrote:
===================================================
[ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
---------------------------------------------------
net/mac80211/sta_info.c:125 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!

other info that might help us debug this:

rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0
5 locks held by wpa_supplicant/468:
#0: (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<c1465d84>] rtnl_lock+0x14/0x20
#1: (&rdev->mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<f84b8c2b>] cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwfreq+0x6b/0x170 [cfg80211]
#2: (&rdev->devlist_mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<f84b8c37>] cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwfreq+0x77/0x170 [cfg80211]
#3: (&wdev->mtx){+.+.+.}, at: [<f84b8c44>] cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwfreq+0x84/0x170 [cfg80211]
#4: (&rtlpriv->locks.conf_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<f8506476>] rtl_op_bss_info_changed+0x26/0xc10 [rtlwifi]

stack backtrace:
Pid: 468, comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 2.6.38-rc6+ #79
Call Trace:
[<c108806a>] ? lockdep_rcu_dereference+0xaa/0xb0
[<f8523d2c>] ? sta_info_get_bss+0x19c/0x1b0 [mac80211]
[<f8523d62>] ? ieee80211_find_sta+0x22/0x40 [mac80211]
[<f850661c>] ? rtl_op_bss_info_changed+0x1cc/0xc10 [rtlwifi]
[<c153671c>] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x14c/0x160
[<c153673d>] ? mutex_unlock+0xd/0x10
[<f8507180>] ? rtl_op_config+0x120/0x310 [rtlwifi]
[<c10896db>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0x10
[<f8522169>] ? ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify+0xf9/0x1f0 [mac80211]
[<f8506450>] ? rtl_op_bss_info_changed+0x0/0xc10 [rtlwifi]
[<f853646f>] ? ieee80211_set_channel+0xbf/0xd0 [mac80211]
[<f84b5f41>] ? cfg80211_set_freq+0x121/0x180 [cfg80211]
[<f85363b0>] ? ieee80211_set_channel+0x0/0xd0 [mac80211]
[<f84b8ceb>] ? cfg80211_mgd_wext_siwfreq+0x12b/0x170 [cfg80211]
[<f84b87eb>] ? cfg80211_wext_siwfreq+0x9b/0x100 [cfg80211]
[<c153b98b>] ? sub_preempt_count+0x7b/0xb0
[<c150f874>] ? ioctl_standard_call+0x74/0x3b0
[<c1465d84>] ? rtnl_lock+0x14/0x20
[<f84b8750>] ? cfg80211_wext_siwfreq+0x0/0x100 [cfg80211]
[<c14568bd>] ? __dev_get_by_name+0x8d/0xb0
[<c150fddb>] ? wext_handle_ioctl+0x16b/0x180
[<f84b8750>] ? cfg80211_wext_siwfreq+0x0/0x100 [cfg80211]
[<c145bc7a>] ? dev_ioctl+0x5ba/0x720
[<c108a947>] ? __lock_acquire+0x3e7/0x19b0
[<c1443b0b>] ? sock_ioctl+0x1eb/0x290
[<c108bfa5>] ? lock_release_non_nested+0x95/0x2f0
[<c1443920>] ? sock_ioctl+0x0/0x290
[<c114d74d>] ? do_vfs_ioctl+0x7d/0x5c0
[<c1112232>] ? might_fault+0x62/0xb0
[<c113e3c6>] ? fget_light+0x226/0x390
[<c1112278>] ? might_fault+0xa8/0xb0
[<c114dd17>] ? sys_ioctl+0x87/0x90
[<c1002f9f>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x38

This work was supported by a hardware donation from the CE Linux Forum.

Signed-off-by: Alessio Igor Bogani<abogani@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c | 4 ++++
drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.c | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
index d6a924a..b93f12d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/core.c
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ static void rtl_op_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_MAC80211, DBG_TRACE,
("BSS_CHANGED_HT\n"));

+ rcu_read_lock();
sta = ieee80211_find_sta(mac->vif, mac->bssid);

if (sta) {
@@ -564,6 +565,7 @@ static void rtl_op_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
mac->current_ampdu_factor =
sta->ht_cap.ampdu_factor;
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();

rtlpriv->cfg->ops->set_hw_reg(hw, HW_VAR_SHORTGI_DENSITY,
(u8 *) (&mac->max_mss_density));
@@ -615,6 +617,7 @@ static void rtl_op_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
else
mac->mode = WIRELESS_MODE_G;

+ rcu_read_lock();
sta = ieee80211_find_sta(mac->vif, mac->bssid);

if (sta) {
@@ -649,6 +652,7 @@ static void rtl_op_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
*/
}
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();

/*mac80211 just give us CCK rates any time
*So we add G rate in basic rates when
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.c
index bf5852f..8a8b0e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/trx.c
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ void rtl92ce_tx_fill_desc(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct rtl_ps_ctl *ppsc = rtl_psc(rtl_priv(hw));
bool b_defaultadapter = true;

- struct ieee80211_sta *sta = ieee80211_find_sta(mac->vif, mac->bssid);
+ struct ieee80211_sta *sta;

u8 *pdesc = (u8 *) pdesc_tx;
struct rtl_tcb_desc tcb_desc;
@@ -811,10 +811,13 @@ void rtl92ce_tx_fill_desc(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
SET_TX_DESC_LINIP(pdesc, 0);
SET_TX_DESC_PKT_SIZE(pdesc, (u16) skb->len);

+ rcu_read_lock();
+ sta = ieee80211_find_sta(mac->vif, mac->bssid);
if (sta) {
u8 ampdu_density = sta->ht_cap.ampdu_density;
SET_TX_DESC_AMPDU_DENSITY(pdesc, ampdu_density);
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();

if (info->control.hw_key) {
struct ieee80211_key_conf *keyconf =

When I turned RCU lock debugging on, I got the same diagnostic.

BTW, drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/trx.c has the same problem in rtl92cu_tx_fill_desc() as you found in the rtl8192ce version of the routine. Do you want to include that in a V2 of the patch, or should I prepare a second one?

For the content of this one, ACK.

Larry
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