Return-path: Received: from mail-ob0-f178.google.com ([209.85.214.178]:47955 "EHLO mail-ob0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753916AbbAERqm (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2015 12:46:42 -0500 Message-ID: <54AACE00.8060407@lwfinger.net> (sfid-20150105_184703_627216_69FB81C8) Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 11:46:40 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: nick , Kalle Valo CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, b43-dev@lists.infradead.org, stefano.brivio@polimi.it, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers:net:wireless: Add proper locking for the function, b43_op_beacon_set_tim in main.c References: <1420184041-6788-1-git-send-email-xerofoify@gmail.com> <87tx05378x.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> <54AAC6EE.2000603@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54AAC6EE.2000603@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 01/05/2015 11:16 AM, nick wrote: > Kalle, > That's fine. On the other hand I am interested in the > reasons why this patch was dropped so I can send in a > version 2 of this patch. > Regards Nick Apparently you missed Michael B?sch's comment: "Thanks for the patch. However, this does not work. We are in atomic context here. Please see the b43-dev mailing list archives for a recent thread about that. I'm also pretty sure that this is safe without lock, due to the higher level locks in mac80211." Did you actually test the patch? If Michael is right, and I trust him on this matter, your patch should lock the system. Larry