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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: handle failed scan requests in STA mode

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On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 16:03 +0100, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> Am Montag, 9. März 2009 schrieb Johannes Berg:
> > On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 15:47 +0100, Helmut Schaa wrote:
> > > Johannes, do you think it is worth to add something like a scan watchdog that
> > > triggers after 30 seconds to cfg80211 and prints "scan request failed", cancels
> > > the scan request and notifies user space?
> > 
> > But I don't really think it's worth doing that.
> 
> Fine with me. This was just a quick idea on how we could easily spot such 
> bugs in the future (for example when fullmac drivers start using cfg80211).

Yeah, might be worth it later, but I suspect that other drivers will
have state machines that are easier to verify.

johannes

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