Luca Coelho <luca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Mordechay Goodstein <mordechay.goodstein@xxxxxxxxx> > > In some very rare cases the init flow may fail. In many cases, this is > recoverable, so we can retry. Implement a loop to retry two more times > after the first attempt failed. > > This can happen in two different situations, namely during probe and > during mac80211 start. For the first case, a simple loop is enough. > For the second case, we need to add a flag to prevent mac80211 from > trying to restart it as well, leaving full control with the driver. > > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Mordechay Goodstein <mordechay.goodstein@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx> Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks. 5283dd677e52 iwlwifi: mvm: retry init flow if failed -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/iwlwifi.20211110150132.57514296ecab.I52a0411774b700bdc7dedb124d8b59bf99456eb2@changeid/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
