brcmsmac: fix tx queue flush infinite loop

This patch workaround live deadlock problem caused by infinite loop
in brcms_c_wait_for_tx_completion(). I do not consider the patch as
the proper fix, which should fix the real reason of tx queue flush
failure, but patch helps with system lockup.

Reference:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42576

Reported-and-tested-by: Patrick <ragamuffin@datacomm.ch>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.2+
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
This commit is contained in:
Stanislaw Gruszka 2012-01-17 12:38:50 +01:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent 9446f3efc5
commit f96b08a7e6

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@ -7981,13 +7981,21 @@ int brcms_c_get_curband(struct brcms_c_info *wlc)
void brcms_c_wait_for_tx_completion(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, bool drop)
{
int timeout = 20;
/* flush packet queue when requested */
if (drop)
brcmu_pktq_flush(&wlc->pkt_queue->q, false, NULL, NULL);
/* wait for queue and DMA fifos to run dry */
while (!pktq_empty(&wlc->pkt_queue->q) || brcms_txpktpendtot(wlc) > 0)
while (!pktq_empty(&wlc->pkt_queue->q) || brcms_txpktpendtot(wlc) > 0) {
brcms_msleep(wlc->wl, 1);
if (--timeout == 0)
break;
}
WARN_ON_ONCE(timeout == 0);
}
void brcms_c_set_beacon_listen_interval(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, u8 interval)