On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 21:55 +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Yi, please consider applying the included patch.
The patch looks good to me. Thanks Pekka!
-yi
> [PATCH] ipw2200: disallow direct scanning when device is down
>
> The function ipw_request_direct_scan() should bail out when the device
> is down. This patch fixes an lockup caused by wpa_supplicant
> triggering ipw_request_direct_scan() while the driver was in a middle
> of a reset due to firmware errors.
>
> Thanks to Zilvinas Valinskas for reporting the bug and helping me
> debug it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <[email protected]>
> ---
>
> ipw2200.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> Index: 2.6/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
> +++ 2.6/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
> @@ -8926,6 +8926,10 @@ static int ipw_request_direct_scan(struc
> struct ipw_scan_request_ext scan;
> int err = 0, scan_type;
>
> + if (!(priv->status & STATUS_INIT) ||
> + (priv->status & STATUS_EXIT_PENDING))
> + return 0;
> +
> down(&priv->sem);
>
> if (priv->status & STATUS_RF_KILL_MASK) {
>
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