linux-kernel - Re: RFC/T: Trial fix for the bcm43xx - wpa_supplicant

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Message-ID: <45634A4A.1040909@lwfinger.net>
Date:	Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:49:46 -0600
From:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
CC:	Ray Lee <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>, Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>,
	Broadcom Linux <bcm43xx-dev@...ts.berlios.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFC/T: Trial fix for the bcm43xx - wpa_supplicant -	NetworkManager
 deadlock

Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-11-21 at 19:32 +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 
>> I don't think this is the right thing to do.
> 
> Or put differently, this won't fix the problem if that "something:
> that's triggering the deadlock happens while you're in the locked
> section.

I'm going to install NM on my system to see if I can trigger the problem with lockdep enabled.

Larry
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