nuttx/arch
Felipe Moura d656cfa930 xtensa/espressif: fix lock-order deadlock in esp_wifi_event_handler()
esp_wifi_event_handler() held esp_wifi_lock() across the whole event
switch, including the esp_wlan_*_hook() calls
(WIFI_EVENT_STA_CONNECTED/_DISCONNECTED, WIFI_EVENT_AP_START/_STOP).
Those hooks reach netdev_lower_carrier_on()/_off(), which take the
per-device netdev_lock().

Every other path into esp_wifi_lock() acquires the two locks in the
opposite order -- the netdev ifdown path holds netdev_lock() around
its own call into esp_wifi_api_stop(), which calls esp_wifi_lock().
An application that disconnects Wi-Fi (wpa_driver_wext_disconnect()
immediately followed by wapi_set_ifdown()) races the resulting
WIFI_EVENT_STA_DISCONNECTED callback against its own ifdown call, and
the two lock orders wedge each other permanently.

Confirmed on real ESP32-S3 hardware (XIAO ESP32-S3,
CONFIG_ESPRESSIF_WIFI + CONFIG_PM + CONFIG_SCHED_TICKLESS): the
disconnecting task and the low-priority work-queue thread each waited
on a mutex held by the other (checked live via JTAG/GDB, not inferred
from code reading alone). Reproduced 4/4 times before this fix, 0/2
after.

Fix: esp_wifi_lock() is now taken only around the specific calls that
reach into the Wi-Fi driver API (esp_wifi_scan_event_parse(),
esp_wifi_set_ps()), never spanning a esp_wlan_*_hook() call --
netdev_lock() first (or absent), esp_wifi_lock() last, on every path.

Signed-off-by: Felipe Moura <moura.fmo@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-5
2026-09-18 15:57:44 +08:00
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arm arch/arm/stm32: fix compare-match race and zero-period hang in tickless 2026-09-18 09:30:22 +08:00
arm64 arch/arm/imx9, arch/arm64/imx9: Release eDMA lock before callbacks 2026-09-15 08:41:58 -03:00
avr arch, boards, cmake: Build C++ ELF modules without __cxa_atexit. 2026-09-04 15:44:24 -03:00
ceva arch/atomic: remove up_testset in spinlock 2026-09-08 08:58:54 +08:00
dummy
hc tools: fix stale archive members surviving a Kconfig-driven CSRCS change 2026-07-28 21:26:03 -03:00
mips arch, boards, cmake: Build C++ ELF modules without __cxa_atexit. 2026-09-04 15:44:24 -03:00
misoc arch, boards, cmake: Build C++ ELF modules without __cxa_atexit. 2026-09-04 15:44:24 -03:00
or1k arch, boards, cmake: Build C++ ELF modules without __cxa_atexit. 2026-09-04 15:44:24 -03:00
renesas nuttx/libc: refine the atomic related Kconfig 2026-08-24 13:20:45 +08:00
risc-v xtensa/espressif+riscv: fix PM_NORMAL stay leak in idle loop 2026-09-18 09:19:27 +08:00
sim arch/sim: Add runtime HCI socket target option 2026-09-13 18:31:59 -03:00
sparc arch/atomic: remove up_testset in spinlock 2026-09-08 08:58:54 +08:00
tricore arch/atomic: remove up_testset in spinlock 2026-09-08 08:58:54 +08:00
x86 arch/x86: Add -P to CPP to suppress linemarkers. 2026-09-17 16:21:59 +08:00
x86_64 arch/intel64: don't touch the outgoing stack after releasing the csection 2026-09-15 11:39:05 -03:00
xtensa xtensa/espressif: fix lock-order deadlock in esp_wifi_event_handler() 2026-09-18 15:57:44 +08:00
z16 tools: fix stale archive members surviving a Kconfig-driven CSRCS change 2026-07-28 21:26:03 -03:00
z80
CMakeLists.txt cmake: Use NUTTX(_DIR/_BIN_DIR) instead CMAKE(_SRC_DIR/_BIN_DIR) 2026-08-09 11:13:08 -03:00
Kconfig binfmt, arch/arm: Add the CONFIG_FDPIC option and the ABI header. 2026-09-08 16:31:16 -03:00