From: Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>
To: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wl12xx: avoid blocking while holding rcu lock on bss info change
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:53:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1298469225.2104.23.camel@pimenta> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1297545860-26313-1-git-send-email-arik@wizery.com>
On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 23:24 +0200, Arik Nemtsov wrote:
> Some blocking functions were called while holding the rcu lock for
> accessing STA information. This can lead to a deadlock.
>
> Save the required info beforehand and release the rcu without
> blocking.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
> ---
Applied, thank you!
--
Cheers,
Luca.
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2011-02-12 21:24 [PATCH] wl12xx: avoid blocking while holding rcu lock on bss info change Arik Nemtsov
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