[PATCH] drivers:net:wireless: Add proper locking for the function, b43_op_beacon_set_tim in main.c
nick <[email protected]>
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Larry, Your right I build tested it. Unfortunately I don't have the hardware. Regards Nick On 2015-01-05 12:46 PM, Larry Finger wrote: > 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 >