Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (43 commits)
  netlink: genl: fix circular locking
  Revert "mac80211: Use skb_header_cloned() on TX path."
  af_unix: fix 'poll for write'/ connected DGRAM sockets
  tun: Proper handling of IPv6 header in tun driver when TUN_NO_PI is set
  atl1: relax eeprom mac address error check
  net/enc28j60: low power mode
  net/enc28j60: section fix
  sky2: 88E8040T pci device id
  netxen: download firmware in pci probe
  netxen: cleanup debug messages
  netxen: remove global physical_port array
  netxen: fix portnum for hp mezz cards
  ibm_newemac: select CRC32 in Kconfig
  xfrm: fix fragmentation for ipv4 xfrm tunnel
  netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: fix module unload crash
  netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: fix memory leak in module initialization error path
  netfilter: nf_nat: fix RCU races
  atm: [he] send idle cells instead of unassigned when in SDH mode
  atm: [he] limit queries to the device's register space
  atm: [br2864] fix routed vcmux support
  ...

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
index 6c3d9ea0a9f..fa4b0d8b74a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -1145,7 +1145,6 @@ static void b43_generate_noise_sample(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 	b43_jssi_write(dev, 0x7F7F7F7F);
 	b43_write32(dev, B43_MMIO_MACCMD,
 		    b43_read32(dev, B43_MMIO_MACCMD) | B43_MACCMD_BGNOISE);
-	B43_WARN_ON(dev->noisecalc.channel_at_start != dev->phy.channel);
 }
 
 static void b43_calculate_link_quality(struct b43_wldev *dev)
@@ -1154,7 +1153,6 @@ static void b43_calculate_link_quality(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 
 	if (dev->noisecalc.calculation_running)
 		return;
-	dev->noisecalc.channel_at_start = dev->phy.channel;
 	dev->noisecalc.calculation_running = 1;
 	dev->noisecalc.nr_samples = 0;
 
@@ -1171,9 +1169,16 @@ static void handle_irq_noise(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 
 	/* Bottom half of Link Quality calculation. */
 
+	/* Possible race condition: It might be possible that the user
+	 * changed to a different channel in the meantime since we
+	 * started the calculation. We ignore that fact, since it's
+	 * not really that much of a problem. The background noise is
+	 * an estimation only anyway. Slightly wrong results will get damped
+	 * by the averaging of the 8 sample rounds. Additionally the
+	 * value is shortlived. So it will be replaced by the next noise
+	 * calculation round soon. */
+
 	B43_WARN_ON(!dev->noisecalc.calculation_running);
-	if (dev->noisecalc.channel_at_start != phy->channel)
-		goto drop_calculation;
 	*((__le32 *)noise) = cpu_to_le32(b43_jssi_read(dev));
 	if (noise[0] == 0x7F || noise[1] == 0x7F ||
 	    noise[2] == 0x7F || noise[3] == 0x7F)
@@ -1214,11 +1219,10 @@ static void handle_irq_noise(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 			average -= 48;
 
 		dev->stats.link_noise = average;
-	      drop_calculation:
 		dev->noisecalc.calculation_running = 0;
 		return;
 	}
-      generate_new:
+generate_new:
 	b43_generate_noise_sample(dev);
 }