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Commit 333f6b22 authored by Andreas Fenkart's avatar Andreas Fenkart Committed by John W. Linville
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mwifiex: fix infinite loop by removing NO_PKT_PRIO_TID



Using NO_PKT_PRIO_TID and tx_pkts_queued to check for an empty
state, can lead to a contradictory state, resulting in an
infinite loop. Currently queueing and dequeuing of packets is
not synchronized, and can happen concurrently. While tx_pkts_queued
is incremented when adding a packet, max prio is set to NO_PKT when
the WMM list is empty. If a packet is added right after the check
for empty, but before setting max prio to NO_PKT, that packet is
trapped and creates an infinite loop.

Because of the new packet, tx_pkts_queued is at least 1, indicating
wmm lists are not empty. Opposing that max prio is NO_PKT, which
means "skip this wmm queue, it has no packets". The infinite loop
results, because the main loop checks the wmm lists for not empty
via tx_pkts_queued, but for dequeing it uses max_prio to see if it
can skip current list. This will never end, unless a new packet is
added which will restore max prio to the level of the trapped packet.

The solution here is to rely on tx_pkts_queued solely for checking
wmm queue to be empty, and drop the NO_PKT define. It does not
address the locking issue.

Signed-off-by: default avatarAndreas Fenkart <andreas.fenkart@streamunlimited.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAvinash Patil <patila@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarBing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
parent 6d2344ec
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