On 08/01/2012 04:18 PM, John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 09:12:33AM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > >> > [ 26.573028] ------------[ cut here ]------------ >> > [ 26.573042] WARNING: at net/wireless/core.h:125 assert_cfg80211_lock.part.8+0x15/0x17 [cfg80211]() >> > [ 26.573045] Hardware name: XPS 8300 >> > [ 26.573046] Modules linked in: xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle bridge stp llc ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack ib_iser rdma_cm ib_addr ip6table_filter tpm_bios ip6_tables iw_cm ib_cm ib_sa ib_mad ib_core iscsi_tcp snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel arc4 brcmsmac snd_hda_codec cordic brcmutil snd_hwdep mac80211 snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_timer cfg80211 snd coretemp rfkill serio_raw i2c_i801 soundcore lpc_ich bcma dcdbas microcode mfd_core mei vhost_net tun macvtap macvlan kvm_intel nfsd kvm auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd uinput crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel broadcom tg3 usb_storage uas radeon i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper ttm drm i2c_core sunrpc be2iscsi bnx2i cnic uio cxgb4i cxgb4 cxgb3i cxgb3 mdio libcxgbi libiscsi_tcp qla4xxx iscsi_boot_sysfs libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi >> > [ 26.573143] Pid: 757, comm: NetworkManager Not tainted 3.6.0-0.rc0.git8.1.fc18.x86_64 #1 >> > [ 26.573145] Call Trace: >> > [ 26.573153] [<ffffffff8106782f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 >> > [ 26.573159] [<ffffffff8106788a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 >> > [ 26.573170] [<ffffffffa04c730d>] assert_cfg80211_lock.part.8+0x15/0x17 [cfg80211] >> > [ 26.573181] [<ffffffffa04a8dcb>] freq_reg_info+0x6b/0x80 [cfg80211] > brcmsmac needs to hold cfg80211_mutex before calling freq_reg_info... > > It looks like those calls were added in mid-June. > I think mid-june sounds about right. We never observed the warning when changes to use regulatory infrastructure were tested/reviewed. Should this precondition be mentioned in cfg80211.h? Gr. AvS -- 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