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mwifiex_11n_scan_and_dispatch() and
mwifiex_11n_dispatch_pkt_until_start_win() share similar patterns, where
they perform a few different actions on the same table, using the same
lock, but non-atomically. There have been other attempts to clean up
this sort of behavior, but they have had problems (incomplete;
introducing new deadlocks).
We can improve these functions' atomicity by queueing up our RX packets
in a list, to dispatch at the end of the function. This avoids problems
of another operation modifying the table in between our dispatch and
rotation operations.
This was inspired by investigations around this:
http://lkml.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20181130175957.167031-1-briannorris@chromium.org
Subject: [4.20 PATCH] Revert "mwifiex: restructure rx_reorder_tbl_lock usage"
While the original (now-reverted) patch had good intentions in
restructuring some of the locking patterns in this driver, it missed an
important detail: we cannot defer to softirq contexts while already in
an atomic context. We can help avoid this sort of problem by separating
the two steps of:
(1) iterating / clearing the mwifiex reordering table
(2) dispatching received packets to upper layers
This makes it much harder to make lock recursion mistakes, as these
two steps no longer need to hold the same locks.
Testing: I've played with a variety of stress tests, including download
stress tests on the same APs which caught regressions with commit
5188d5453b ("mwifiex: restructure rx_reorder_tbl_lock usage"). I've
primarily tested on Marvell 8997 / PCIe, although I've given 8897 / SDIO
a quick spin as well.
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Ganapathi Bhat <gbhat@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
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