ath9k: Fix softlockup in AR9485
authorMohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mohammed@qca.qualcomm.com>
Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:58:09 +0000 (21:28 +0530)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:09:48 +0000 (14:09 -0400)
commitbcb7ad7bcbef030e6ba71ede1f9866368aca7c99
tree205bf0da8c16c6e034783c7ca5b6aa086c4282fb
parent1f7e0102820f11a0dcd3a2f90140abf14c894ba8
ath9k: Fix softlockup in AR9485

steps to recreate:
load latest ath9k driver with AR9485
stop the network-manager and wpa_supplicant
bring the interface up

Call Trace:
[<ffffffffa0517490>] ? ath_hw_check+0xe0/0xe0 [ath9k]
[<ffffffff812cd1e8>] __const_udelay+0x28/0x30
[<ffffffffa03bae7a>] ar9003_get_pll_sqsum_dvc+0x4a/0x80 [ath9k_hw]
[<ffffffffa05174eb>] ath_hw_pll_work+0x5b/0xe0 [ath9k]
[<ffffffff810744fe>] process_one_work+0x11e/0x470
[<ffffffff8107530f>] worker_thread+0x15f/0x360
[<ffffffff810751b0>] ? manage_workers+0x230/0x230
[<ffffffff81079af3>] kthread+0x93/0xa0
[<ffffffff815fd3a4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
[<ffffffff81079a60>] ? kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x70/0x70
[<ffffffff815fd3a0>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13

ensure that the PLL-WAR for AR9485/AR9340 is executed only if the STA is
associated (or) IBSS/AP mode had started beaconing. Ideally this WAR
is needed to recover from some rare beacon stuck during stress testing.
Before the STA is associated/IBSS had started beaconing, PLL4(0x1618c)
always seem to have zero even though we had configured PLL3(0x16188) to
query about PLL's locking status. When we keep on polling infinitely PLL4's
8th bit(ie check for PLL locking measurements is done), machine hangs
due to softlockup.

fixes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811142

Reported-by: Rolf Offermanns <rolf.offermanns@gmx.net>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org [3.0+]
Tested-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mohammed@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mohammed@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c