[PATCH] ipw2200: do not sleep in ipw_request_direct_scan

Drivers should not sleep for very long inside an ioctl -
so return EAGAIN and let wpa_supplicant handle the problem.

Signed-off-by: Olaf Kirch <okir@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
index 819be2b6b7df..4c28e332ecc3 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));