1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index 6cf0410ae0ba..0429dda0961f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1994,11 +1994,12 @@ static void ath9k_sw_scan_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 
         mutex_lock(&sc->mutex);
         if (ath9k_wiphy_scanning(sc)) {
-                printk(KERN_DEBUG "ath9k: Two wiphys trying to scan at the "
-                       "same time\n");
                 /*
-                 * Do not allow the concurrent scanning state for now. This
-                 * could be improved with scanning control moved into ath9k.
+                 * There is a race here in mac80211 but fixing it requires
+                 * we revisit how we handle the scan complete callback.
+                 * After mac80211 fixes we will not have configured hardware
+                 * to the home channel nor would we have configured the RX
+                 * filter yet.
                  */
                 mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex);
                 return;
@@ -2014,6 +2015,10 @@ static void ath9k_sw_scan_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
         mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex);
 }
 
+/*
+ * XXX: this requires a revisit after the driver
+ * scan_complete gets moved to another place/removed in mac80211.
+ */
 static void ath9k_sw_scan_complete(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 {
         struct ath_wiphy *aphy = hw->priv;