Return-path: Received: from smtp.rutgers.edu ([128.6.72.243]:24447 "EHLO annwn13.rutgers.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966249AbXEGTR4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 May 2007 15:17:56 -0400 From: Michael Wu To: Michael Buesch Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Allow sleeping in set_key op Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 15:17:14 -0400 Cc: Jiri Benc , John Linville , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <200705062037.35037.mb@bu3sch.de> In-Reply-To: <200705062037.35037.mb@bu3sch.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart8075669.RYGqeSa4sU"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Message-Id: <200705071517.21331.flamingice@sourmilk.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --nextPart8075669.RYGqeSa4sU Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 06 May 2007 14:37, Michael Buesch wrote: > Allow drivers to sleep in the setkey function, as it's rather > complicated to defer set_key to a workqueue in the driver > (error code is lost, keyconf->hw_key_idx is possibly hard > to get right.) > I'd rather not defer to a workqueue. That just patches over the awkward=20 locking that the sta_info code has, which is really the reason why you can'= t=20 sleep in set_key. =2DMichael Wu --nextPart8075669.RYGqeSa4sU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGP3tBT3Oqt9AH4aERArbJAJ0QI65Fq8YrVcNMO3Hq3kxrSZV/UQCcDkbZ 01qNGUB5G/RM05eKpUnPaGM= =Wbng -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart8075669.RYGqeSa4sU-- -: To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org: More majordomo info at http: //vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html