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Re: [PATCH stable] softmac: Fix deadlock of wx_set_essid with assoc work

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On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 11:57 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:

> Yep, but this patch turns the bug from a
> "It will 100% deadlock all the time"
> into a
> "It might possibly deadlock, although unlikely"
> So it's a win for that crap softmac code.

Agreed, let's go with the patch you just sent. It's rather unlikely that
it will deadlock against the link watch event, and hopefully we can
delete softmac in 2.6.24 with Larry's bcm4301 and zd1211-mac80211
shaping up.

johannes

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