usb 6-1: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin" usb 6-1: Direct firmware load for rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin failed with error -2 usb 6-1: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin usb 6-1: r8712u: Firmware request failed ============================================ WARNING: possible recursive locking detected 5.14.0-rc2-syzkaller #0 Not tainted -------------------------------------------- kworker/0:3/3159 is trying to acquire lock: ffff888011064d38 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: flush_workqueue+0x15c/0x1750 kernel/workqueue.c:2787 but task is already holding lock: ffff888011064d38 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7aa/0x10c0 kernel/workqueue.c:2249 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock((wq_completion)events); lock((wq_completion)events); *** DEADLOCK *** May be due to missing lock nesting notation 5 locks held by kworker/0:3/3159: #0: ffff888011064d38 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7aa/0x10c0 kernel/workqueue.c:2249 #1: ffffc900021d7d20 ((work_completion)(&fw_work->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7e8/0x10c0 kernel/workqueue.c:2251 #2: ffff8881467d4220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:754 [inline] #2: ffff8881467d4220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: rtl871x_load_fw_fail drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c:43 [inline] #2: ffff8881467d4220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: rtl871x_load_fw_cb+0x102/0x130 drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c:56 #3: ffff8880363da220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:754 [inline] #3: ffff8880363da220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_driver_lock drivers/base/dd.c:1028 [inline] #3: ffff8880363da220 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_release_driver_internal+0xc1/0x7b0 drivers/base/dd.c:1229 #4: ffff8880308211a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_lock include/linux/device.h:754 [inline] #4: ffff8880308211a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_driver_lock drivers/base/dd.c:1028 [inline] #4: ffff8880308211a8 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: device_release_driver_internal+0xc1/0x7b0 drivers/base/dd.c:1229 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 3159 Comm: kworker/0:3 Not tainted 5.14.0-rc2-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1ae/0x29f lib/dump_stack.c:105 __lock_acquire+0x2615/0x6100 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4853 lock_acquire+0x182/0x4a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5625 flush_workqueue+0x178/0x1750 kernel/workqueue.c:2787 flush_scheduled_work include/linux/workqueue.h:597 [inline] r871xu_dev_remove+0x159/0x420 drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c:604 usb_unbind_interface+0x1f2/0x860 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:458 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1201 [inline] device_release_driver_internal+0x51e/0x7b0 drivers/base/dd.c:1232 bus_remove_device+0x2fd/0x410 drivers/base/bus.c:529 device_del+0x6e1/0xc10 drivers/base/core.c:3540 usb_disable_device+0x407/0x800 drivers/usb/core/message.c:1419 usb_set_configuration+0x42b/0x2100 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2027 usb_unbind_device+0x6b/0x170 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:309 __device_release_driver drivers/base/dd.c:1201 [inline] device_release_driver_internal+0x51e/0x7b0 drivers/base/dd.c:1232 rtl871x_load_fw_fail drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c:45 [inline] rtl871x_load_fw_cb+0x10a/0x130 drivers/staging/rtl8712/hal_init.c:56 request_firmware_work_func+0x175/0x250 drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c:1081 process_one_work+0x833/0x10c0 kernel/workqueue.c:2276 worker_thread+0xac1/0x1320 kernel/workqueue.c:2422 kthread+0x453/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:319 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295