From a3df3b6f2e37474cdb8b56d55d31be41c22f9b18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Buesch Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:37:21 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] softmac: remove netif_tx_disable when scanning In the scan section of ieee80211softmac, network transmits are disabled. When SoftMAC re-enables transmits, it may override the wishes of a driver that may have very good reasons for disabling transmits. At least one failure in bcm43xx can be traced to this problem. In addition, several unexplained problems may arise from the unexpected enabling of transmits. Note that making this change introduces a new bug that would allow transmits for the current session to be transmitted on the wrong channel; however, the new bug is much less severe than the one being fixed, as the new one only leads to a few retransmits, whereas the old one can bring the interface down. A fix that will not introduce new bugs is being investigated; however, the current, more serious one should be fixed now. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_scan.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_scan.c b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_scan.c index d31cf77..ad67368 100644 --- a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_scan.c +++ b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_scan.c @@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ ieee80211softmac_start_scan(struct ieee80211softmac_device *sm) sm->scanning = 1; spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sm->lock, flags); - netif_tx_disable(sm->ieee->dev); ret = sm->start_scan(sm->dev); if (ret) { spin_lock_irqsave(&sm->lock, flags); @@ -248,7 +247,6 @@ void ieee80211softmac_scan_finished(struct ieee80211softmac_device *sm) if (net) sm->set_channel(sm->dev, net->channel); } - netif_wake_queue(sm->ieee->dev); ieee80211softmac_call_events(sm, IEEE80211SOFTMAC_EVENT_SCAN_FINISHED, NULL); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211softmac_scan_finished); -- cgit v1.1