Re: 2.6.36-rc4/iwl: warning triggered in net/mac80211/scan.c:266

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 04:36:28PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-09-14 at 16:28 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > I am running 2.6.36-rc4 on T60 with an iwlagn wireless card:
> > 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection
> > 
> > I was compiling a large file which stressed the box heavily, and the
> > following warning in net/mac80211/scan.c triggered:
> > 
> >         /*
> >          * It's ok to abort a not-yet-running scan (that
> >          * we have one at all will be verified by checking
> >          * local->scan_req next), but not to complete it
> >          * successfully.
> >          */
> >         if (WARN_ON(!local->scanning && !aborted))
> >                 aborted = true;
> > 
> > dmesg below:
> > 
> > [84379.361297] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > [84379.361307] WARNING: at net/mac80211/scan.c:266 ieee80211_scan_completed+0x43/0x17f()
> 
> > Should this happen? Does anyone care?
> > I am not sure how reproducible this is.
> 
> No, it shouldn't happen. But there are various races in iwlwifi that can
> cause this. Stanislaw has fixed them recently, but it's a fairly large
> patchset. I'm not sure, but I don't think this is really new in .36.
> 
> johannes

So ... get back to you after 2.6.37?

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