From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:38567 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753041AbYBYLgs (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:36:48 -0500 Subject: Re: mac80211 locking: tasklet vs. non-tasklet From: Johannes Berg To: Tomas Winkler Cc: linux-wireless , bruno randolf , "Luis R. Rodriguez" In-Reply-To: <1ba2fa240802250333p1d0a4ebqd37ff4f837aa556f@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20080225_113326_228690_F3FD5D96) References: <1203676145.26341.39.camel@johannes.berg> <1ba2fa240802240829s7c650ad1yd47c6b25e466a50@mail.gmail.com> <1203933096.13162.54.camel@johannes.berg> <1ba2fa240802250252x753796f7ob071c12c72aec172@mail.gmail.com> <1203937042.13162.81.camel@johannes.berg> <1203937235.13162.83.camel@johannes.berg> <1ba2fa240802250333p1d0a4ebqd37ff4f837aa556f@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20080225_113326_228690_F3FD5D96) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-mKkbSz7QTIAQDWzhDzVN" Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:36:41 +0100 Message-Id: <1203939401.13162.96.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20080225_113651_776869_74426C49) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-mKkbSz7QTIAQDWzhDzVN Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > I would notify mac only if driver cannot deal with reset and also > mac80211 configuration have to be reapplied such as start association > process again in STA mode. It would be probably security problem if > we put just station into associated mode without proper association > process. Hm, guess it could be. I think this will require quite some work to completely put the mac80211 state into the hardware again, but this would also be great for suspend/hibernate since that really is a similar case. johannes --=-mKkbSz7QTIAQDWzhDzVN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIVAwUAR8KoSKVg1VMiehFYAQKmyBAAnN+c2jK1hxMc4OGeSkgj8IqkGwcpfLMi CQ1L0oWcwq2VtB7pGZcoqPL0XDsVCuSMCC3PovTXEefvAomSle11Pq/Nv+7gIifC BnwbfqfVb8pWD49RNmhPAank8+LP90zhjZs3EJl8sElmDA9GYj+0VFNAf3wL1alH bFZVZC8Ss9hKxta2p28xCwcRKbFFGFr/6NoHKV7dov+kQ+gVeGi1uTpF1GaljAjp H2CsiTczoQ+slf6EOvPNt3lloGjiXT/iX9croq6/Ohrrw/ZHKsRVBnORloJy2Pde kBg5OyMRyC19Xc/LvZRfPJdyb/aJVTT5vPgeEZ22KVGVUFplsiMhPYqBUyEkqcwT nKhNOUAJIju2yrFkLOx1gPsdLe9zQniTmzWzpBV3Sl/F9vX4IqMSsD+pxQfUEYGI R+O03TdT19r0Ilk2WychBk2QhigecwSORI1dz1ye/ahKKXTrv30KGmQVlIcCnr97 WdxuadPxo0tsvv11bVn78KFk7FfdPQI8on7IuD6R92WITThqrWv79EQpxfQkvXyq /RCTRZfvyFd6eks8j8eQlG+Cuk5Wr32anjQesJes4NHSn2K5YXeRACe3Ga6Mjq7L fHsn5BiZ88iCOOWsAyzzIxwsgxgIjxITBtaFEeAONDNCIRXlwb9qOiBLlmXbiTAJ 17DepC73kPQ= =yemt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-mKkbSz7QTIAQDWzhDzVN--