3.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: Olivier Langlois <oliv...@trillion01.com> commit f78bccd79ba3cd9d9664981b501d57bdb81ab8a4 upstream. rtl8192ce is disabling for too long the local interrupts during hw initiatialisation when performing scans The observable symptoms in dmesg can be: - underruns from ALSA playback - clock freezes (tstamps do not change for several dmesg entries until irqs are finaly reenabled): [ 250.817669] rtlwifi:rtl_op_config():<0-0-0> 0x100 [ 250.817685] rtl8192ce:_rtl92ce_phy_set_rf_power_state():<0-1-0> IPS Set eRf nic enable [ 250.817732] rtl8192ce:_rtl92ce_init_mac():<0-1-0> reg0xec:18051d59:11 [ 250.817796] rtl8192ce:_rtl92ce_init_mac():<0-1-0> reg0xec:18051d59:11 [ 250.817910] rtl8192ce:_rtl92ce_init_mac():<0-1-0> reg0xec:18051d59:11 [ 250.818024] rtl8192ce:_rtl92ce_init_mac():<0-1-0> reg0xec:18051d59:11 [ 250.818139] rtl8192ce:_rtl92ce_init_mac():<0-1-0> reg0xec:18051d59:11 [ 250.818253] rtl8192ce:_rtl92ce_init_mac():<0-1-0> reg0xec:18051d59:11 [ 250.818367] rtl8192ce:_rtl92ce_init_mac():<0-1-0> reg0xec:18051d59:11 [ 250.818472] rtl8192ce:_rtl92ce_init_mac():<0-1-0> reg0xec:18051d59:11 [ 250.818472] rtl8192ce:_rtl92ce_init_mac():<0-1-0> reg0xec:18051d59:11 [ 250.818472] rtl8192ce:_rtl92ce_init_mac():<0-1-0> reg0xec:18051d59:11 [ 250.818472] rtl8192ce:_rtl92ce_init_mac():<0-1-0> reg0xec:18051d59:11 [ 250.818472] rtl8192ce:_rtl92ce_init_mac():<0-1-0> reg0xec:98053f15:10 [ 250.818472] rtl8192ce:rtl92ce_sw_led_on():<0-1-0> LedAddr:4E ledpin=1 [ 250.818472] rtl8192c_common:rtl92c_download_fw():<0-1-0> Firmware Version(49), Signature(0x88c1),Size(32) [ 250.818472] rtl8192ce:rtl92ce_enable_hw_security_config():<0-1-0> PairwiseEncAlgorithm = 0 GroupEncAlgorithm = 0 [ 250.818472] rtl8192ce:rtl92ce_enable_hw_security_config():<0-1-0> The SECR-value cc [ 250.818472] rtl8192c_common:rtl92c_dm_check_txpower_tracking_thermal_meter():<0-1-0> Schedule TxPowerTracking direct call!! [ 250.818472] rtl8192c_common:rtl92c_dm_txpower_tracking_callback_thermalmeter():<0-1-0> rtl92c_dm_txpower_tracking_callback_thermalmeter [ 250.818472] rtl8192c_common:rtl92c_dm_txpower_tracking_callback_thermalmeter():<0-1-0> Readback Thermal Meter = 0xe pre thermal meter 0xf eeprom_thermalmeter 0xf [ 250.818472] rtl8192c_common:rtl92c_dm_txpower_tracking_callback_thermalmeter():<0-1-0> Initial pathA ele_d reg0xc80 = 0x40000000, ofdm_index=0xc [ 250.818472] rtl8192c_common:rtl92c_dm_txpower_tracking_callback_thermalmeter():<0-1-0> Initial reg0xa24 = 0x90e1317, cck_index=0xc, ch14 0 [ 250.818472] rtl8192c_common:rtl92c_dm_txpower_tracking_callback_thermalmeter():<0-1-0> Readback Thermal Meter = 0xe pre thermal meter 0xf eeprom_thermalmeter 0xf delta 0x1 delta_lck 0x0 delta_iqk 0x0 [ 250.818472] rtl8192c_common:rtl92c_dm_txpower_tracking_callback_thermalmeter():<0-1-0> <=== [ 250.818472] rtl8192c_common:rtl92c_dm_initialize_txpower_tracking_thermalmeter():<0-1-0> pMgntInfo->txpower_tracking = 1 [ 250.818472] rtl8192ce:rtl92ce_led_control():<0-1-0> ledaction 3 [ 250.818472] rtl8192ce:rtl92ce_sw_led_on():<0-1-0> LedAddr:4E ledpin=1 [ 250.818472] rtlwifi:rtl_ips_nic_on():<0-1-0> before spin_unlock_irqrestore [ 251.154656] PCM: Lost interrupts? [Q]-0 (stream=0, delta=15903, new_hw_ptr=293408, old_hw_ptr=277505) The exact code flow that causes that is: 1. wpa_supplicant send a start_scan request to the nl80211 driver 2. mac80211 module call rtl_op_config with IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_IDLE 3. rtl_ips_nic_on is called which disable local irqs 4. rtl92c_phy_set_rf_power_state() is called 5. rtl_ps_enable_nic() is called and hw_init()is executed and then the interrupts on the device are enabled A good solution could be to refactor the code to avoid calling rtl92ce_hw_init() with the irqs disabled but a quick and dirty solution that has proven to work is to reenable the irqs during the function rtl92ce_hw_init(). I think that it is safe doing so since the device interrupt will only be enabled after the init function succeed. Signed-off-by: Olivier Langlois <oliv...@trillion01.com> Acked-by: Larry Finger <larry.fin...@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linvi...@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> --- drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/hw.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/hw.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/hw.c @@ -902,14 +902,26 @@ int rtl92ce_hw_init(struct ieee80211_hw bool is92c; int err; u8 tmp_u1b; + unsigned long flags; rtlpci->being_init_adapter = true; + + /* Since this function can take a very long time (up to 350 ms) + * and can be called with irqs disabled, reenable the irqs + * to let the other devices continue being serviced. + * + * It is safe doing so since our own interrupts will only be enabled + * in a subsequent step. + */ + local_save_flags(flags); + local_irq_enable(); + rtlpriv->intf_ops->disable_aspm(hw); rtstatus = _rtl92ce_init_mac(hw); if (!rtstatus) { RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_EMERG, "Init MAC failed\n"); err = 1; - return err; + goto exit; } err = rtl92c_download_fw(hw); @@ -917,7 +929,7 @@ int rtl92ce_hw_init(struct ieee80211_hw RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_ERR, DBG_WARNING, "Failed to download FW. Init HW without FW now..\n"); err = 1; - return err; + goto exit; } rtlhal->last_hmeboxnum = 0; @@ -978,6 +990,8 @@ int rtl92ce_hw_init(struct ieee80211_hw RT_TRACE(rtlpriv, COMP_INIT, DBG_TRACE, "under 1.5V\n"); } rtl92c_dm_init(hw); +exit: + local_irq_restore(flags); rtlpci->being_init_adapter = false; return err; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/