linux-kernel - Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Ath5k: fix beacon-update deadlock

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Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:16:35 -0400
From:	"Bob Copeland" <me@...copeland.com>
To:	"Jiri Slaby" <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	linville@...driver.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ath5k-devel@...ema.h4ckr.net,
	"Johannes Berg" <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [ath5k-devel] [PATCH 1/3] Ath5k: fix beacon-update deadlock

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote:
> Commit 9d139c810a2aa17365cc548d0cd2a189d8433c65 introduced
> AA deadlock -- ath5k_config_interface(); holds sc->lock
> and it calls ath5k_beacon_update(); which tries to grab the
> lock again.

I already posted a patch for this a few days ago, did it get picked up?

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Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com
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