wifi: iwlwifi: mld: properly handle async notification in op mode start

From the moment that we have ALIVE, we can receive notification that
are handled asynchronously.

Some notifications (for example iwl_rfi_support_notif) requires an
operational FW. So we need to make sure that they were handled in
iwl_op_mode_mld_start before we stop the FW. Flush the async_handlers_wk
there to achieve that.

Also, if loading the FW in op mode start failed, we need to cancel
these notifications, as they are from a dead FW.

More than that, not doing so can cause us to access freed memory
if async_handlers_wk is executed after ieee80211_free_hw is called.

Fix this by canceling all async notifications if a failure occurred in
init (after ALIVE).

Fixes: d1e879ec60 ("wifi: iwlwifi: add iwlmld sub-driver")
Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250420095642.1a8579662437.Ifd77d9c1a29fdd278b0a7bfc2709dd5d5e5efdb1@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
This commit is contained in:
Miri Korenblit 2025-04-20 09:59:55 +03:00 committed by Johannes Berg
parent 64dc5d5e34
commit 4f7a077919
3 changed files with 15 additions and 8 deletions

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@ -333,19 +333,22 @@ int iwl_mld_load_fw(struct iwl_mld *mld)
ret = iwl_trans_start_hw(mld->trans);
if (ret)
return ret;
goto err;
ret = iwl_mld_run_fw_init_sequence(mld);
if (ret)
return ret;
goto err;
ret = iwl_mld_init_mcc(mld);
if (ret)
return ret;
goto err;
mld->fw_status.running = true;
return 0;
err:
iwl_mld_stop_fw(mld);
return ret;
}
void iwl_mld_stop_fw(struct iwl_mld *mld)
@ -358,6 +361,10 @@ void iwl_mld_stop_fw(struct iwl_mld *mld)
iwl_trans_stop_device(mld->trans);
wiphy_work_cancel(mld->wiphy, &mld->async_handlers_wk);
iwl_mld_purge_async_handlers_list(mld);
mld->fw_status.running = false;
}

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@ -417,6 +417,11 @@ iwl_op_mode_mld_start(struct iwl_trans *trans, const struct iwl_cfg *cfg,
goto free_hw;
}
/* We are about to stop the FW. Notifications may require an
* operational FW, so handle them all here before we stop.
*/
wiphy_work_flush(mld->wiphy, &mld->async_handlers_wk);
iwl_mld_stop_fw(mld);
wiphy_unlock(mld->wiphy);

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@ -298,11 +298,6 @@ iwl_cleanup_mld(struct iwl_mld *mld)
#endif
iwl_mld_low_latency_restart_cleanup(mld);
/* Empty the list of async notification handlers so we won't process
* notifications from the dead fw after the reconfig flow.
*/
iwl_mld_purge_async_handlers_list(mld);
}
enum iwl_power_scheme {