>
> >
> > On Fedora (3.5 and 3.6 kernels) we are currently overwhelmed by tons
> > of iwlwifi warnings at iwlagn_mac_flush() and iwl_dvm_send_cmd()
> reports.
> >
> > iwlagn_mac_flush warning is triggered at:
> >
> > static inline int iwl_trans_wait_tx_queue_empty(struct iwl_trans *trans) {
> > WARN_ONCE(trans->state != IWL_TRANS_FW_ALIVE,
> > "%s bad state = %d", __func__, trans->state);
> >
> > return trans->ops->wait_tx_queue_empty(trans);
> > }
> >
> > We have 2 instances of this issue:
> >
> > - started at ieee80211_scan()
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=866013
> > - started at ieee80211_sta_monitor_work()
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861753
> >
> > iwl_dvm_send_cmd is triggered at:
> >
> > static inline int iwl_trans_send_cmd(struct iwl_trans *trans,
> > struct iwl_host_cmd *cmd) {
> > WARN_ONCE(trans->state != IWL_TRANS_FW_ALIVE,
> > "%s bad state = %d", __func__, trans->state);
> >
> > return trans->ops->send_cmd(trans, cmd); }
> >
> > And have 3 instances:
> >
> > - started at ieee80211_set_disassoc()
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861599
> > - started at ieee80211_restart_work()
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865072
> > - started at ieee80211_auth()
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=866015
> >
>
> I glanced at the bugs and I can only see the trace dump. I am pretty sure
> there is an issue before the dump - fw assert of something like that. Can it be
> possible to get the full log?
>
Can you ask people to try the attached patch?
This will let us know where the fw is brought down.
> > Can those be fixed in some reasonable time ?
> >
> > I'm not sure if they are related with some user visible problem like
> > disconnects.
>
> Well... if the fw isn't ALIVE then something bad happens, bad enough to get
> disconnected, yes.
> >
> > I'll probably revert f0d120af8f55649571c681f49c920b0822050fa5
> > on Fedora, just to stop getting those warnings ...
> >
>
> You will stop get the warnings, but that of course won't solve anything else.
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