Return-path: Received: from na3sys009aog115.obsmtp.com ([74.125.149.238]:45828 "EHLO na3sys009aog115.obsmtp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932138Ab1BWNxu (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:53:50 -0500 Received: by mail-wy0-f169.google.com with SMTP id 11so3158976wyi.28 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:53:49 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [PATCH] wl12xx: avoid blocking while holding rcu lock on bss info change From: Luciano Coelho To: Arik Nemtsov Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1297545860-26313-1-git-send-email-arik@wizery.com> References: <1297545860-26313-1-git-send-email-arik@wizery.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:53:45 +0200 Message-ID: <1298469225.2104.23.camel@pimenta> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 > --- Applied, thank you! -- Cheers, Luca.