Return-path: Received: from mail-qc0-f180.google.com ([209.85.216.180]:47814 "EHLO mail-qc0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755325Ab3CNQ0Z (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:26:25 -0400 Received: by mail-qc0-f180.google.com with SMTP id v28so1083611qcm.39 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:26:24 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <477F20668A386D41ADCC57781B1F70430D9D9C2199@SC-VEXCH1.marvell.com> References: <477F20668A386D41ADCC57781B1F70430D9D6CE59E@SC-VEXCH1.marvell.com> <477F20668A386D41ADCC57781B1F70430D9D6CE6CD@SC-VEXCH1.marvell.com> <477F20668A386D41ADCC57781B1F70430D9D6CE95B@SC-VEXCH1.marvell.com> <477F20668A386D41ADCC57781B1F70430D9D6CEC9D@SC-VEXCH1.marvell.com> <477F20668A386D41ADCC57781B1F70430D9D9C1608@SC-VEXCH1.marvell.com> <477F20668A386D41ADCC57781B1F70430D9D9C2199@SC-VEXCH1.marvell.com> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:26:24 -0600 Message-ID: (sfid-20130314_172629_297255_0B07517A) Subject: Re: mwifiex crash when removing interface while scanning From: Daniel Drake To: Bing Zhao Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , John Rhodes , Amitkumar Karwar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Bing Zhao wrote: > Tim Shepard reported a scan timeout issue back in kernel 3.5 when NetworkManager is enabled, and he had a HACK workaround for that. I wonder if this is the same issue in 3.8. > Could you please try that workaround again? That seems to avoid the issue. I'm worried that it suggests some more significant lower-level bug, but I guess for now it would make sense to finish off those 2 patches you already posted, and investigate the possible cmd_pending leak, before revisiting this. Thanks. Daniel