Re: [PATCH v2 ath-current] wifi: ath12k: avoid flushing scan timeout under the wiphy lock

On Fri, 2026-07-03 at 14:02 +0800, Runyu Xiao wrote:
> 
> @@ -9975,6 +9974,15 @@ void ath12k_mac_op_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, bool suspend)
>  
>  	lockdep_assert_wiphy(hw->wiphy);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * scan.timeout takes the wiphy lock before aborting the scan, so do
> +	 * not wait for it from the locked stop path below.
> +	 */
> +	wiphy_unlock(hw->wiphy);
> 

No. Don't drop locks in the middle of someone else's (mac80211 here)
process.

If that work requires wiphy mutex anyway, better just convert it to a
wiphy work.

johannes