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Re: [PATCH v2] mac80211: temporarily disable reorder release timer

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On Friday 08 October 2010 22:40:39 Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Christian Lamparter
> <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Several serve threading problems in the current
> > release reorder timer implementation have been
> > discovered.
> >
> > A lengthy discussion - which lists some of the
> > pitfalls and possible solutions - can be found at:
> >  http://marc.info/?t=128635927000001
> >
> > But due to the complicated nature of the subject and
> > the imminent advent of a new -rc cycle, it was
> > decided to disable the feature for the time being.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This patch lacks documentation of the impact of this patch, while it
> may fix a lock issue, the does not address what happens when the patch
> is actually applied.
? It just disables the timer. The actual reorder code
is left untouched, everything is the same as in Linus'
2.6.36-rcX tree.

Or what impact are you talking about?
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