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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c index 819be2b6b7df03..4c28e332ecc33c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c @@ -8936,14 +8936,12 @@ static int ipw_request_direct_scan(struct ipw_priv *priv, char *essid, IPW_DEBUG_HC("starting request direct scan!\n"); if (priv->status & (STATUS_SCANNING | STATUS_SCAN_ABORTING)) { - err = wait_event_interruptible(priv->wait_state, - !(priv-> - status & (STATUS_SCANNING | - STATUS_SCAN_ABORTING))); - if (err) { - IPW_DEBUG_HC("aborting direct scan"); - goto done; - } + /* We should not sleep here; otherwise we will block most + * of the system (for instance, we hold rtnl_lock when we + * get here). + */ + err = -EAGAIN; + goto done; } memset(&scan, 0, sizeof(scan)); |