summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/drivers/usb/wusbcore/security.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/usb/wusbcore/security.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/usb/wusbcore/security.c17
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/usb/wusbcore/security.c b/drivers/usb/wusbcore/security.c
index 95be9953cd47..cc74d669c802 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/wusbcore/security.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/wusbcore/security.c
@@ -33,6 +33,20 @@ static void wusbhc_gtk_rekey_work(struct work_struct *work);
int wusbhc_sec_create(struct wusbhc *wusbhc)
{
+ /*
+ * WQ is singlethread because we need to serialize rekey operations.
+ * Use a separate workqueue for security operations instead of the
+ * wusbd workqueue because security operations may need to communicate
+ * directly with downstream wireless devices using synchronous URBs.
+ * If a device is not responding, this could block other host
+ * controller operations.
+ */
+ wusbhc->wq_security = create_singlethread_workqueue("wusbd_security");
+ if (wusbhc->wq_security == NULL) {
+ pr_err("WUSB-core: Cannot create wusbd_security workqueue\n");
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
wusbhc->gtk.descr.bLength = sizeof(wusbhc->gtk.descr) +
sizeof(wusbhc->gtk.data);
wusbhc->gtk.descr.bDescriptorType = USB_DT_KEY;
@@ -48,6 +62,7 @@ int wusbhc_sec_create(struct wusbhc *wusbhc)
/* Called when the HC is destroyed */
void wusbhc_sec_destroy(struct wusbhc *wusbhc)
{
+ destroy_workqueue(wusbhc->wq_security);
}
@@ -596,5 +611,5 @@ void wusbhc_gtk_rekey(struct wusbhc *wusbhc)
* and will cause a deadlock. Instead, queue a work item to do
* it when the lock is not held
*/
- queue_work(wusbd, &wusbhc->gtk_rekey_work);
+ queue_work(wusbhc->wq_security, &wusbhc->gtk_rekey_work);
}