The driver may sleep under a spinlock. The function call path is: macb_tx_error_task (acquire the spinlock) macb_halt_tx usleep_range --> may sleep
To fix it, usleep_range is replaced with udelay. This bug is found by my static analysis tool(DSAC) and checked by my code review. Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1...@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c index 72a67f7..b02c806 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c @@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static int macb_halt_tx(struct macb *bp) if (!(status & MACB_BIT(TGO))) return 0; - usleep_range(10, 250); + udelay(250); } while (time_before(halt_time, timeout)); return -ETIMEDOUT; -- 1.7.9.5