Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath10k: sdio: add missing lock protection in ath10k_sdio_fw_crashed_dump()

On 1/23/2026 12:58 PM, Ziyi Guo wrote:
> ath10k_sdio_fw_crashed_dump() calls ath10k_coredump_new() which requires
> ar->dump_mutex to be held, as indicated by lockdep_assert_held() in that
> function. However, the SDIO implementation does not acquire this lock,
> unlike the PCI and SNOC implementations which properly hold the mutex.
> 
> Additionally, ar->stats.fw_crash_counter is documented as protected by
> ar->data_lock in core.h, but the SDIO implementation modifies it without
> holding this spinlock.
> 
> Add the missing mutex_lock()/mutex_unlock() around the coredump
> operations, and add spin_lock_bh()/spin_unlock_bh() around the
> fw_crash_counter increment, following the pattern used in
> ath10k_pci_fw_dump_work() and ath10k_snoc_fw_crashed_dump().
> 
> Fixes: 3c45f21af84e ("ath10k: sdio: add firmware coredump support")
> Signed-off-by: Ziyi Guo <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c
> index c06d50db40b8..00d0556dafef 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/sdio.c
> @@ -2487,7 +2487,11 @@ void ath10k_sdio_fw_crashed_dump(struct ath10k *ar)
>  	if (fast_dump)
>  		ath10k_bmi_start(ar);
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&ar->dump_mutex);
> +
> +	spin_lock_bh(&ar->data_lock);
>  	ar->stats.fw_crash_counter++;
> +	spin_unlock_bh(&ar->data_lock);
>  
>  	ath10k_sdio_disable_intrs(ar);
>  
> @@ -2505,6 +2509,8 @@ void ath10k_sdio_fw_crashed_dump(struct ath10k *ar)
>  
>  	ath10k_sdio_enable_intrs(ar);
>  
> +	mutex_unlock(&ar->dump_mutex);
> +
>  	ath10k_core_start_recovery(ar);
>  }
>  

Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang <[email protected]>