Re: [PATCH] drivers:net:wireless: Add mutex locking for function, b43_op_beacon_set_time in main.c

From: Michael BÃsch
Date: Sat Nov 29 2014 - 03:57:04 EST


On Fri, 28 Nov 2014 22:32:30 -0500
nick <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I don't have hardware for this driver on me, so I didn't test it. However this seems to
> be correct from my reading of the code around this function and other locking related
> to this driver.

From the current docs:

> * @set_tim: Set TIM bit. mac80211 calls this function when a TIM bit
> * must be set or cleared for a given STA. Must be atomic.

So it is not allowed to lock a mutex here.

--
Michael

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