Re: 3.4-rc2, ilwagn still most of the time completely unusable

Norbert Preining
2012-06-28T07:25:19Z

Hi everyone,

I am coming back to this old thread, not because it has been solved,
but because today I got a funny new message while checking why
everything got stuck again:
[69588.972126] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: fail to flush all tx fifo queues
and after doing
rfkill block wifi
sleep 20
rfkill unblock wifi
I got a kernel warning:
[76477.289251] WARNING: at net/mac80211/driver-ops.h:12 ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify+0x14e/0x1ca [mac80211]()
[76477.289256] Hardware name: VGN-Z11VN_B
[76477.289260] wlan0: Failed check-sdata-in-driver check, flags: 0x0
[76477.289350] Modules linked in: dm_mod btusb iptable_filter bnep rfcomm bluetooth snd_hrtimer vboxpci(O) vboxnetadp(O) vboxnetflt(O) vboxdrv(O) binfmt_misc isofs btrfs zlib_deflate libcrc32c vfat fat fuse loop uinput snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_page_alloc hso arc4 snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi iwlwifi mac80211 snd_seq_midi_event cfg80211 snd_seq lpc_ich snd_seq_device snd_timer mxm_wmi mfd_core snd firewire_ohci firewire_core sony_laptop joydev crc_itu_t tpm_infineon rfkill soundcore
[76477.289361] Pid: 4278, comm: NetworkManager Tainted: P W O 3.5.0-rc4+ #78
[76477.289365] Call Trace:
[76477.289380] [<ffffffff8102ba46>] warn_slowpath_common+0x83/0x9c
[76477.289389] [<ffffffff8102bb02>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x48
[76477.289402] [<ffffffff813f21da>] ? neigh_ifdown+0xc5/0xd6
[76477.289424] [<ffffffffa00b252e>] ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify+0x14e/0x1ca [mac80211]
[76477.289448] [<ffffffffa00b267d>] ieee80211_ifa_changed+0xd3/0xe6 [mac80211]
[76477.289458] [<ffffffff8104b7e3>] notifier_call_chain+0x37/0x61
[76477.289467] [<ffffffff8104b919>] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x46/0x5f
[76477.289475] [<ffffffff8104b946>] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x16
[76477.289485] [<ffffffff81432cc0>] __inet_del_ifa+0x176/0x22c
[76477.289494] [<ffffffff81432f96>] inet_rtm_deladdr+0xe7/0x128
[76477.289504] [<ffffffff813f61e0>] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x226/0x235
[76477.289513] [<ffffffff8140460c>] ? netlink_sendmsg+0x124/0x20e
[76477.289520] [<ffffffff813f5fba>] ? __rtnl_unlock+0x17/0x17
[76477.289528] [<ffffffff814048b8>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x43/0x91
[76477.289536] [<ffffffff813f415f>] rtnetlink_rcv+0x26/0x2d
[76477.289543] [<ffffffff81404466>] netlink_unicast+0xe0/0x162
[76477.289551] [<ffffffff814046d1>] netlink_sendmsg+0x1e9/0x20e
[76477.289562] [<ffffffff813d7360>] __sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x61/0x6c
[76477.289570] [<ffffffff813d774e>] sock_sendmsg+0xa1/0xb6
[76477.289582] [<ffffffff813d96fb>] ? move_addr_to_kernel+0x49/0x67
[76477.289591] [<ffffffff813e2605>] ? copy_from_user+0x9/0xb
[76477.289599] [<ffffffff813e29e2>] ? verify_iovec+0x52/0xa4
[76477.289607] [<ffffffff813d7a11>] __sys_sendmsg+0x206/0x293
[76477.289617] [<ffffffff8108d48b>] ? __rcu_read_unlock+0xc/0x55
[76477.289627] [<ffffffff810e69f5>] ? fput+0x16/0x1c7
[76477.289635] [<ffffffff810e6888>] ? fget_light+0x92/0x9e
[76477.289643] [<ffffffff813d77b3>] ? fput_light+0xd/0xf
[76477.289651] [<ffffffff8108d48b>] ? __rcu_read_unlock+0xc/0x55
[76477.289659] [<ffffffff810e6888>] ? fget_light+0x92/0x9e
[76477.289668] [<ffffffff813da1ce>] sys_sendmsg+0x42/0x60
[76477.289678] [<ffffffff81474b72>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Maybe this tells you something.

> > > [ 9457.176828] iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: ACTIVATE a non DRIVER active
> > >station id 0 addr 00:24:c4:ab:bd:e0

These messages now appear only now and then.

Best wishes

Norbert
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