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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c14
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));
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