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Message-ID: <1493880117.3521.1.camel@sipsolutions.net>
Date:   Thu, 04 May 2017 08:41:57 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Linux Wireless List <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: new warning at net/wireless/util.c:1236

Hi,

> Things still work, but when it starts warning, it generates a *lot*
> of noise (I got 36 of these within about ten minutes).

Yeah, that's kinda dumb - I just sent a patch to make that just warn
once and actually report the configuration.

> I have no idea what triggered it, because when I rebooted (not
> because of this issue, but just to reboot into a newer kernel) I
> don't see it again.

That's odd. Perhaps you connected to a different wireless network on
the next boot? I'm pretty sure I found the cause for this, and will
send out a patch in a minute, but that wouldn't go away with a
different kernel.

johannes

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