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Re: [RFT v9] rfkill: rewrite

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On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Alan Jenkins
<sourcejedi.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 5/11/09, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This patch completely rewrites the rfkill core to address
>> the following deficiencies:
>
> Btw, git-apply nitpicks on your whitespace
>
>    rfkill-rewrite.patch:4335: space before tab in indent.
>            mutex_unlock(&rfkill_global_mutex);
>    warning: 1 line adds whitespace errors.
>
>
> I tested on todays wireless-testing, aka v2.6.30-rc5-23297-gbf2c6a3.
> Somehow, it triggers an OOPS
>
> Function: req_reg_info_regd
> Process: modprobe
>
> Call trace:
> wiphy_apply_custom_regulatory
> ath5k_regd_init
> ath5k_reg_notifier
> ath5k_pci_probe
> ...
>
> Photo: <http://picasaweb.google.com/sourcejedi.lkml/Screenshots#5334936857267342674>
>
> The kernel then hangs later on in the boot process.  It responds to
> SysRq, but does not echo normal keypresses.  SysRq+P shows that the
> kernel is in the idle task.  I left it for three minutes, but I didn't
> get any trace from the hung task detector or soft lockup detector.
>
> At first I thought it must be a problem with wireless-testing.
> However, it went away when I eventually tried un-applying the rfkill
> rewrite patch.

I think my new 4 patches should address this and it'd be great to hear
your tests as you can reproduce easily. We are able to see something
like this but only after 3 hours of testing. Since it seems you might
be able to reproduce quickly it would help.

  Luis
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