From: John W. Linville Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:12:21 +0000 (-0400) Subject: iwlagn: avoid sleep in softirq context X-Git-Tag: v2.6.28-rc4~22^2^2~6 X-Git-Url: http://www.pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=964d2777438bf7687324243d38ade538d9bbfe3c;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git iwlagn: avoid sleep in softirq context __ieee80211_tasklet_handler -> __ieee80211_rx -> __ieee80211_rx_handle_packet -> ieee80211_invoke_rx_handlers -> ieee80211_rx_h_decrypt -> ieee80211_crypto_tkip_decrypt -> ieee80211_tkip_decrypt_data -> iwl4965_mac_update_tkip_key -> iwl_scan_cancel_timeout -> msleep Ooops! Avoid the sleep by changing iwl_scan_cancel_timeout with iwl_scan_cancel and simply returning on failure if the scan persists. This will cause hardware decryption to fail and we'll handle a few more frames with software decryption. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c index 321dbc8c034..8d690a0eb1a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c @@ -3252,7 +3252,11 @@ static void iwl4965_mac_update_tkip_key(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, return; } - iwl_scan_cancel_timeout(priv, 100); + if (iwl_scan_cancel(priv)) { + /* cancel scan failed, just live w/ bad key and rely + briefly on SW decryption */ + return; + } key_flags |= (STA_KEY_FLG_TKIP | STA_KEY_FLG_MAP_KEY_MSK); key_flags |= cpu_to_le16(keyconf->keyidx << STA_KEY_FLG_KEYID_POS);