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Re: [PATCH] orinoco: abort scan on interface down

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On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:26 PM, John W. Linville
<linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 08:33:02PM +0000, David Kilroy wrote:
>> This fixes the problem causing the following trace:
>>
>> ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> WARNING: at linux-2.6.34/net/wireless/core.c:633 wdev_cleanup_work+0xb7/0xe0 [cfg80211]()
>> Hardware name: Latitude C840
>> Pid: 707, comm: cfg80211 Not tainted 2.6.34.7-0.5-desktop #1
>> Call Trace:
>> Â[<c02065c3>] try_stack_unwind+0x173/0x190
>> Â[<c02051cf>] dump_trace+0x3f/0xe0
>> Â[<c020662b>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x4b/0x60
>> Â[<c0206658>] show_trace+0x18/0x20
>> Â[<c064e0b3>] dump_stack+0x6d/0x72
>> Â[<c02443ae>] warn_slowpath_common+0x6e/0xb0
>> Â[<c0244403>] warn_slowpath_null+0x13/0x20
>> Â[<e2db5497>] wdev_cleanup_work+0xb7/0xe0 [cfg80211]
>> Â[<c025cfa9>] run_workqueue+0x79/0x170
>> Â[<c025d123>] worker_thread+0x83/0xe0
>> Â[<c025fef4>] kthread+0x74/0x80
>> Â[<c0203826>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10
>> ---[ end trace 3f0348b3b0c6f4ff ]---
>>
>> Reported by: Giacomo Comes <comes@xxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: David Kilroy <kilroyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> This patch has only been compile tested. Given the trace, I've
>> guessed that cfg80211 would prefer that orinoco abort the scan on
>> interface down.
>
> Any chance we can get a Tested-by on this one, so I can feel good
> about sending it for 2.6.37?

I was looking for an old PCMCIA orinoco hermes-I or -II card, but I
found a cheat sheet from my very first Linux book from Michael Kofler.
Which key on a EN/US keyboard is equivalent to the one on a DE
keyboard, nice catch :-).
Will look in the other cartons in the cellar...

- Sedat -
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