ath6kl: Fix system freeze under heavy data load
Patch "ath6kl: Fix buffer alignment for scatter-gather write" does
memmove for a length (scat_req->scat_list[i].len) which is not the
actual length of data that is suppossed to be moved. The right
lengh is packet->act_len + HTC_HDR_LENGTH. Using wrong length
for data move during buffer alignment causes system freeze after
the following WARN_ON and sometimes target assert.
WARNING: at drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/main.c:771 ath6k_credit_distribute+0x196/0x1a0
[<ffffffffa051cf5f>] ath6kl_htc_rxmsg_pending_handler+0x83f/0xe00 [ath6kl]
[<ffffffff8104a743>] ? __wake_up+0x53/0x70
[<ffffffffa0518b18>] ath6kldev_intr_bh_handler+0x188/0x650 [ath6kl]
[<ffffffffa052d316>] ath6kl_sdio_irq_handler+0x36/0x80 [ath6kl]
[<ffffffff81492b3c>] sdio_irq_thread+0xfc/0x360
[<ffffffff81051c52>] ? default_wake_function+0x12/0x20
[<ffffffff81492a40>] ? sdio_claim_irq+0x220/0x220
[<ffffffff81080c36>] kthread+0x96/0xa0
[<ffffffff815b9fb4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
[<ffffffff81080ba0>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x190/0x190
[<ffffffff815b9fb0>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13
Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/htc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/htc.c
index 2001660..dc575a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/htc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/htc.c
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@
#define CALC_TXRX_PADDED_LEN(dev, len) (__ALIGN_MASK((len), (dev)->block_mask))
+static void ath6kl_htc_buf_align(u8 **buf, unsigned long len)
+{
+ u8 *align_addr;
+
+ if (!IS_ALIGNED((unsigned long) *buf, 4)) {
+ align_addr = PTR_ALIGN(*buf - 4, 4);
+ memmove(align_addr, *buf, len);
+ *buf = align_addr;
+ }
+}
+
static void htc_prep_send_pkt(struct htc_packet *packet, u8 flags, int ctrl0,
int ctrl1)
{
@@ -391,6 +402,9 @@
htc_prep_send_pkt(packet,
packet->info.tx.flags | HTC_FLAGS_SEND_BUNDLE,
cred_pad, packet->info.tx.seqno);
+ /* Make sure the buffer is 4-byte aligned */
+ ath6kl_htc_buf_align(&packet->buf,
+ packet->act_len + HTC_HDR_LENGTH);
scat_req->scat_list[i].buf = packet->buf;
scat_req->scat_list[i].len = len;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/sdio.c
index 852a0cc..0cce801 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/sdio.c
@@ -128,17 +128,6 @@
return mmc_wait_for_cmd(card->host, &io_cmd, 0);
}
-static void ath6kl_sdio_buf_align(u8 **buf, unsigned long len)
-{
- u8 *align_addr;
-
- if (!IS_ALIGNED((unsigned long) *buf, 4)) {
- align_addr = PTR_ALIGN(*buf - 4, 4);
- memmove(align_addr, *buf, len);
- *buf = align_addr;
- }
-}
-
static int ath6kl_sdio_io(struct sdio_func *func, u32 request, u32 addr,
u8 *buf, u32 len)
{
@@ -224,10 +213,6 @@
/* assemble SG list */
for (i = 0; i < scat_req->scat_entries; i++, sg++) {
- /* No header is added to rx buf, so it shoule be aligned */
- if (data->flags == MMC_DATA_WRITE)
- ath6kl_sdio_buf_align(&scat_req->scat_list[i].buf,
- scat_req->scat_list[i].len);
ath6kl_dbg(ATH6KL_DBG_SCATTER, "%d: addr:0x%p, len:%d\n",
i, scat_req->scat_list[i].buf,
scat_req->scat_list[i].len);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c
index ba1350d..ba33370 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/txrx.c
@@ -689,7 +689,8 @@
break;
packet = (struct htc_packet *) skb->head;
- skb->data = PTR_ALIGN(skb->data - 4, 4);
+ if (!IS_ALIGNED((unsigned long) skb->data, 4))
+ skb->data = PTR_ALIGN(skb->data - 4, 4);
set_htc_rxpkt_info(packet, skb, skb->data,
ATH6KL_BUFFER_SIZE, endpoint);
list_add_tail(&packet->list, &queue);
@@ -710,7 +711,8 @@
return;
packet = (struct htc_packet *) skb->head;
- skb->data = PTR_ALIGN(skb->data - 4, 4);
+ if (!IS_ALIGNED((unsigned long) skb->data, 4))
+ skb->data = PTR_ALIGN(skb->data - 4, 4);
set_htc_rxpkt_info(packet, skb, skb->data,
ATH6KL_AMSDU_BUFFER_SIZE, 0);
spin_lock_bh(&ar->lock);