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Re: [PATCH 01/14] brcmfmac: add delay before unregistering the network device

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On Tue, 2014-02-25 at 20:30 +0100, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> Upon deleting the interface a cfg80211_disconnected() is called under
> rtnl_lock. Right after the unlocking the rtnl_lock we unregister the
> network device. This patch adds delay before unregister so cfg80211
> can handle disconnect and notify wpa_supplicant.

> +				/* make sure cfg80211 can send disconnect event
> +				 * before unregistering the netdevice below.
> +				 */
> +				msleep(100);

This has got to be one of the worst hacks I've seen in wireless so
far ... :)

johannes

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