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From: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
To: Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer <mchouque@free.fr>
Cc: j@w1.fi, linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hostap: procfs fix for hostap_fw.c
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 07:43:46 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1210592626.3372.6.camel@dv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080506152354.GA3680@mobydick>

On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 17:23 +0200, Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer wrote:

> Problem is local->proc has now been overwritten by hostap_init_proc
> meaning "registers" isn't removed.  When you reload the module you get
> an error telling you "registers" already exists (and you then get
> duplicate "registers" files in /proc).

I've seen it many times.  Thanks for tracking it down!  I've tested the
patch with PCI and PCMCIA devices, and everything appears to be
correct.  /proc/registers is not created, "registers" is created
under /proc/net/hostap/wlan0/, no more warnings.

> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer <mchouque@free.fr>

Acked-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>

If a more concise description needs to be written, I can do it.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

  reply	other threads:[~2008-05-12 11:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-06 15:23 [PATCH] hostap: procfs fix for hostap_fw.c Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer
2008-05-12 11:43 ` Pavel Roskin [this message]
2008-05-13  0:43   ` John W. Linville
2008-05-16  8:40     ` Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-05-16 13:26 Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer

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