linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iwl3945: queue the right work if the scan needs to be aborted

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Message-Id: <1285618314.12594.14.camel@wwguy-ubuntu>
Date:	Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:11:54 -0700
From:	"Guy, Wey-Yi" <wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com>
To:	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
Cc:	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Chatre, Reinette" <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
	Intel Linux Wireless <ilw@...ux.intel.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
	Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@...el.com>,
	"Cahill, Ben M" <ben.m.cahill@...el.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwl3945: queue the right work if the scan needs to be
 aborted

On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 09:22 -0700, Florian Mickler wrote:
> iwl3945's scan_completed calls into the mac80211 stack which triggers a
> warn on if there is no scan outstanding.
> 
> This can be avoided by not calling scan_completed but abort_scan in
> iwl3945_request_scan  in the done: branch of the function which is used
> as an error out.
> 
> The done: branch seems to be an error-out branch, as, for example, if
> iwl_is_ready(priv) returns false  the done: branch is executed.
> 
> NOTE:
> I'm not familiar with the driver at all.
> I just quickly scanned as a reaction to
> 
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17722
> 
> the users of scan_completed in the  iwl3945 driver and noted the odd
> discrepancy between the comment above this instance and the comment in
> mac80211 scan_completed function.
> Signed-off-by: Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
Acked-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@...el.com>
> ---
go into wireless-2.6 and stable only, scan fix already in
wireless-next-2.6

Thanks
Wey

>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c  |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
> index 9dd9e64..8fd00a6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
> @@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ void iwlagn_request_scan(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
>  	clear_bit(STATUS_SCAN_HW, &priv->status);
>  	clear_bit(STATUS_SCANNING, &priv->status);
>  	/* inform mac80211 scan aborted */
> -	queue_work(priv->workqueue, &priv->scan_completed);
> +	queue_work(priv->workqueue, &priv->abort_scan);
>  }
>  
>  int iwlagn_manage_ibss_station(struct iwl_priv *priv,
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> index 59a308b..d31661c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> @@ -3018,7 +3018,7 @@ void iwl3945_request_scan(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
>  	clear_bit(STATUS_SCANNING, &priv->status);
>  
>  	/* inform mac80211 scan aborted */
> -	queue_work(priv->workqueue, &priv->scan_completed);
> +	queue_work(priv->workqueue, &priv->abort_scan);
>  }
>  
>  static void iwl3945_bg_restart(struct work_struct *data)

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