brcmsmac: fix deadlock on missing firmware
When brcm80211 firmware is not installed networking hangs. A deadlock happens because we call ieee80211_unregister_hw() from the .start callback of struct ieee80211_ops. When .start is called we are under rtnl lock and ieee80211_unregister_hw() tries to take it again. Function call stack: dev_change_flags() __dev_change_flags() __dev_open() ASSERT_RTNL() <-- Assert rtnl lock ops->ndo_open() .ndo_open = ieee80211_open, ieee80211_open() ieee80211_do_open() drv_start() local->ops->start() .start = brcms_ops_start, brcms_ops_start() brcms_remove() ieee80211_unregister_hw() rtnl_lock() <-- Here we deadlock Introduced by: commit 25b5632f ("brcmsmac: request firmware in .start() callback") This patch fixes the bug by removing the call to brcms_remove() and moves the brcms_request_fw() call to the top of the .start callback to not initiate anything unless firmware is installed. Signed-off-by: Emil Goode <emilgoode@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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