[PATCH net] net: au1000: move free_irq out of the close-time spinlocked section

From: Runyu Xiao

Date: Fri Jun 19 2026 - 11:24:24 EST


au1000_close() calls free_irq() while aup->lock is still held with
spin_lock_irqsave(). free_irq() can sleep because it takes the IRQ
descriptor request mutex, so it does not belong inside the close-time
spinlocked section.

This was found by our static analysis tool and then confirmed by manual
review of the in-tree au1000_close() .ndo_stop path. The reviewed path
keeps aup->lock held across the MAC reset, queue stop and
free_irq(dev->irq, dev).

A directed runtime validation kept that ndo_stop carrier and the same
free_irq(dev->irq, dev) operation under the driver lock. Lockdep reported
"BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context" and "Invalid wait
context" while free_irq() was taking desc->request_mutex, with
au1000_close() and free_irq() on the stack.

Drop aup->lock before freeing the IRQ. The protected close-time work still
stops the device and queue before IRQ teardown, but the sleepable IRQ core
path now runs outside the spinlocked section.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Runyu Xiao <runyu.xiao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/au1000_eth.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/au1000_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/au1000_eth.c
index 9d35ac348ebe..5a04056e38fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/au1000_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/au1000_eth.c
@@ -943,9 +943,10 @@ static int au1000_close(struct net_device *dev)
/* stop the device */
netif_stop_queue(dev);

+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&aup->lock, flags);
+
/* disable the interrupt */
free_irq(dev->irq, dev);
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&aup->lock, flags);

return 0;
}
--
2.34.1