From 9494849e53e74048ee14d512feade01db402eef7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexey Khoroshilov Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 00:43:42 +0400 Subject: [PATCH] ath9k_htc: fix data race between request_firmware_nowait() callback and suspend() ath9k_hif_usb_probe() requests firmware asynchronically and there is some initialization postponed till firmware is ready. In particular, ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_cb() callback initializes hif_dev->tx.tx_buf and hif_dev->tx.tx_pending lists. At the same time, ath9k_hif_usb_suspend() iterates that lists through ath9k_hif_usb_dealloc_urbs(). If suspend happens before request_firmware_nowait() callback is called, it can lead to oops. Similar issue could be in ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect(), but it is prevented using hif_dev->fw_done completion and HIF_USB_READY flag. The patch extends this approach to suspend() as well. Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org). Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- Reading git-format-patch failed