This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
iwlwifi: pcie: try to get ownership several times
to the 3.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
iwlwifi-pcie-try-to-get-ownership-several-times.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 501fd9895c1d7d8161ed56698ae2fccb10ef14f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 12:15:22 +0300
Subject: iwlwifi: pcie: try to get ownership several times
From: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 501fd9895c1d7d8161ed56698ae2fccb10ef14f5 upstream.
Some races with the hardware can happen when we take
ownership of the device. Don't give up after the first try.
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ static int iwl_pcie_prepare_card_hw(stru
{
int ret;
int t = 0;
+ int iter;
IWL_DEBUG_INFO(trans, "iwl_trans_prepare_card_hw enter\n");
@@ -462,18 +463,23 @@ static int iwl_pcie_prepare_card_hw(stru
if (ret >= 0)
return 0;
- /* If HW is not ready, prepare the conditions to check again */
- iwl_set_bit(trans, CSR_HW_IF_CONFIG_REG,
- CSR_HW_IF_CONFIG_REG_PREPARE);
-
- do {
- ret = iwl_pcie_set_hw_ready(trans);
- if (ret >= 0)
- return 0;
-
- usleep_range(200, 1000);
- t += 200;
- } while (t < 150000);
+ for (iter = 0; iter < 10; iter++) {
+ /* If HW is not ready, prepare the conditions to check again */
+ iwl_set_bit(trans, CSR_HW_IF_CONFIG_REG,
+ CSR_HW_IF_CONFIG_REG_PREPARE);
+
+ do {
+ ret = iwl_pcie_set_hw_ready(trans);
+ if (ret >= 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ usleep_range(200, 1000);
+ t += 200;
+ } while (t < 150000);
+ msleep(25);
+ }
+
+ IWL_DEBUG_INFO(trans, "got NIC after %d iterations\n", iter);
return ret;
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.15/iwlwifi-pcie-try-to-get-ownership-several-times.patch
queue-3.15/b43-fix-frequency-reported-on-g-phy-with-new-firmware.patch
queue-3.15/mac80211-don-t-check-netdev-state-for-debugfs-read-write.patch
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