netdev - Re: Please pull 'fixes-jgarzik' branch of wireless-2.6

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Message-Id: <20071217.120748.51571249.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:07:48 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	linville@...driver.com
Cc:	jeff@...zik.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Please pull 'fixes-jgarzik' branch of wireless-2.6

From: "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:34:02 -0500

> On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 11:31:48PM -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> 
> > Cyrill Gorcunov (2):
> >       ieee80211_rate: missed unlock
> 
> >  net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c                  |    1 +
> 
> > diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
> > index 7254bd6..3260a4a 100644
> > --- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
> > +++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
> > @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ int ieee80211_rate_control_register(struct rate_control_ops *ops)
> >  		if (!strcmp(alg->ops->name, ops->name)) {
> >  			/* don't register an algorithm twice */
> >  			WARN_ON(1);
> > +			mutex_unlock(&rate_ctrl_mutex);
> >  			return -EALREADY;
> >  		}
> >  	}
> 
> Crud...there is a one-line fix in here that should have gone to Dave.
> 
> Jeff, (assuming Dave ACKs it) would you mind just taking it your
> way along with the other posted patches?  Since this is intended for
> 2.6.24, there should be no great maintenance hardship if it goes to
> Linus through your tree instead of Dave's.

It's totally fine if Jeff takes this, don't worry so much about
it :-)

And yes the change looks fine to me too :)
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