When the queued management work items are processed in ieee80211_sta_work() an item could be removed. This could change the anybusy from true to false, so we better check whether we can start a new scan only after having processed the pending work first. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/mlme.c | 28 ++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) --- uml.orig/net/mac80211/mlme.c 2009-08-25 17:29:08.000000000 +0300 +++ uml/net/mac80211/mlme.c 2009-08-25 17:32:04.000000000 +0300 @@ -2123,25 +2123,9 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_work(struct wo } } - list_for_each_entry(wk, &ifmgd->work_list, list) { - if (wk->state != IEEE80211_MGD_STATE_IDLE) { - anybusy = true; - break; - } - } ieee80211_recalc_idle(local); - if (!anybusy) { - mutex_unlock(&ifmgd->mtx); - - if (test_and_clear_bit(IEEE80211_STA_REQ_SCAN, &ifmgd->request)) - ieee80211_queue_delayed_work(&local->hw, - &local->scan_work, - round_jiffies_relative(0)); - return; - } - list_for_each_entry_safe(wk, tmp, &ifmgd->work_list, list) { if (time_is_after_jiffies(wk->timeout)) { /* @@ -2187,6 +2171,18 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_work(struct wo } } + list_for_each_entry(wk, &ifmgd->work_list, list) { + if (wk->state != IEEE80211_MGD_STATE_IDLE) { + anybusy = true; + break; + } + } + if (!anybusy && + test_and_clear_bit(IEEE80211_STA_REQ_SCAN, &ifmgd->request)) + ieee80211_queue_delayed_work(&local->hw, + &local->scan_work, + round_jiffies_relative(0)); + mutex_unlock(&ifmgd->mtx); list_for_each_entry_safe(wk, tmp, &free_work, list) { -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html