Re: [PATCH 1/2] [net/wireless/iwlwifi] : iwlwifi 3945 Fixraceconditional panic.

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Dec 12 2007 - 06:43:50 EST


On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:42:49 +0900 "Joonwoo Park" <joonwpark81@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2007/11/29, Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > Good catch. But it will be better if you add it into
> > iwl_cancel_deferred_work().
> >
>
> Thanks.
> I agree with you.
> Actually, I considered it, but I was afraid of side effect.
> Anyway, I'm attaching a new one.
>
> Thanks.
> Joonwoo
>
> [net/wireless/iwlwifi] : iwlwifi 3945 Fix race conditional panic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joonwoo Park <joonwpark81@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> index 465da4f..e51e872 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
> @@ -8270,6 +8270,7 @@ static void iwl_cancel_deferred_work(struct iwl_priv *priv)
> {
> iwl_hw_cancel_deferred_work(priv);
>
> + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->init_alive_start);
> cancel_delayed_work(&priv->scan_check);
> cancel_delayed_work(&priv->alive_start);
> cancel_delayed_work(&priv->post_associate);

Did drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c get fixed in a simlar
fashion?
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