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

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On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:23 AM, Giacomo Comes <comes@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 09:18:27PM +0100, Sedat Dilek wrote:
>> 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:
>> >>  [<c02065c3>] try_stack_unwind+0x173/0x190
>> >>  [<c02051cf>] dump_trace+0x3f/0xe0
>> >>  [<c020662b>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x4b/0x60
>> >>  [<c0206658>] show_trace+0x18/0x20
>> >>  [<c064e0b3>] dump_stack+0x6d/0x72
>> >>  [<c02443ae>] warn_slowpath_common+0x6e/0xb0
>> >>  [<c0244403>] warn_slowpath_null+0x13/0x20
>> >>  [<e2db5497>] wdev_cleanup_work+0xb7/0xe0 [cfg80211]
>> >>  [<c025cfa9>] run_workqueue+0x79/0x170
>> >>  [<c025d123>] worker_thread+0x83/0xe0
>> >>  [<c025fef4>] kthread+0x74/0x80
>> >>  [<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?

> As I reported in another e-mail, with the patch, the trace is gone.
> Unfortunatly it doesn't help make the wireles card work with WPA.

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, John. I see you've already
added the patch to wireless-2.6

FWIW, I've reproduced the original trace with an orinoco_usb device
and verified that this patch fixes it.

Dave.
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