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Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] iwlagn: fix channel switch locking

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On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 09:17 -0700, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> We use priv->mutex to avoid race conditions between iwl_chswitch_done()
> and iwlagn_mac_channel_switch(), when marking channel switch in
> progress. But iwl_chswitch_done() can be called in atomic context
> from iwl_rx_csa() or with mutex already taken from iwlagn_commit_rxon().
> 
> These bugs were introduced by:
> 
> commit 79d07325502e73508f917475bc1617b60979dd94
> Author: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Thu May 6 08:54:11 2010 -0700
> 
>     iwlwifi: support channel switch offload in driver
> 
> To fix remove mutex from iwl_chswitch_done() and use atomic bitops for
> marking channel switch pending.
> 
> Also remove iwl2030_hw_channel_switch() since 2000 series adapters are
> 2.4GHz only devices.
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx # 2.6.36+
> Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---


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