warning on current Linux-wireless top of tree.

[ashokrajnagarajan]

How to reproduce:

Rebase your tree to the current linux-wireless tree, run the smoke test. Check dmesg.

Excerpt of dmesg:

[ 60.358158] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 60.358190] WARNING: at net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h:1490 mesh_plink_frame_tx+0x43e/0x450 [mac80211]() [ 60.358194] Hardware name: Bochs [ 60.358196] Modules linked in: mac80211_hwsim mac80211 cfg80211 [ 60.358207] Pid: 18, comm: kworker/u:1 Not tainted 3.7.0-rc3-4afc3ea-wl+ #112 [ 60.358209] Call Trace: [ 60.358240] [] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [ 60.358245] [] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 60.358264] [] mesh_plink_frame_tx+0x43e/0x450 [mac80211] [ 60.358282] [] ? mesh_plink_frame_tx+0x359/0x450 [mac80211] [ 60.358299] [] mesh_plink_deactivate+0x72/0xa0 [mac80211] [ 60.358312] [] free_sta_work+0x1e4/0x200 [mac80211] [ 60.358324] [] process_one_work+0x199/0x510 [ 60.358330] [] ? process_one_work+0x12c/0x510 [ 60.358342] [] ? sta_info_cleanup+0x340/0x340 [mac80211] [ 60.358347] [] worker_thread+0x165/0x3f0 [ 60.358352] [] ? manage_workers+0x2a0/0x2a0 [ 60.358357] [] kthread+0xdb/0xe0 [ 60.358365] [] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x30/0x40 [ 60.358370] [] ? flush_kthread_work+0x190/0x190 [ 60.358377] [] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 [ 60.358381] [] ? flush_kthread_work+0x190/0x190 [ 60.358384] ---[ end trace 1455a55624a6514b ]--- [ 60.361326] ieee80211 phy0: mac80211_hwsim_remove_interface (type=7 mac_addr=42:00:00:00:00:00) [ 60.361371] ieee80211 phy0: mac80211_hwsim_stop [ 60.366906] ieee80211 phy1: mac80211_hwsim_bss_info_changed(changed=0x200) [ 60.367591] ieee80211 phy1: mac80211_hwsim_configure_filter [ 60.371152] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 60.371198] WARNING: at net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h:1490 mesh_plink_frame_tx+0x43e/0x450 [mac80211]() [ 60.371202] Hardware name: Bochs [ 60.371204] Modules linked in: mac80211_hwsim mac80211 cfg80211 [ 60.371227] Pid: 18, comm: kworker/u:1 Tainted: G W 3.7.0-rc3-4afc3ea-wl+ #112 [ 60.371230] Call Trace: [ 60.371239] [] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [ 60.371245] [] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 60.371266] [] mesh_plink_frame_tx+0x43e/0x450 [mac80211] [ 60.371286] [] ? mesh_plink_frame_tx+0x359/0x450 [mac80211] [ 60.371305] [] mesh_plink_deactivate+0x72/0xa0 [mac80211] [ 60.371320] [] free_sta_work+0x1e4/0x200 [mac80211] [ 60.371326] [] process_one_work+0x199/0x510 [ 60.371332] [] ? process_one_work+0x12c/0x510 [ 60.371347] [] ? sta_info_cleanup+0x340/0x340 [mac80211] [ 60.371353] [] worker_thread+0x165/0x3f0 [ 60.371360] [] ? manage_workers+0x2a0/0x2a0 [ 60.371365] [] kthread+0xdb/0xe0 [ 60.371371] [] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x30/0x40 [ 60.371377] [] ? flush_kthread_work+0x190/0x190 [ 60.371383] [] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 [ 60.371388] [] ? flush_kthread_work+0x190/0x190 [ 60.371392] ---[ end trace 1455a55624a6514c ]--- [ 60.371416] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 60.371435] WARNING: at net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h:1490 mesh_plink_frame_tx+0x43e/0x450 [mac80211]() [ 60.371439] Hardware name: Bochs [ 60.371441] Modules linked in: mac80211_hwsim mac80211 cfg80211 [ 60.371450] Pid: 18, comm: kworker/u:1 Tainted: G W 3.7.0-rc3-4afc3ea-wl+ #112 [ 60.371453] Call Trace: [ 60.371459] [] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [ 60.371464] [] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 60.371481] [] mesh_plink_frame_tx+0x43e/0x450 [mac80211] [ 60.371498] [] ? mesh_plink_frame_tx+0x359/0x450 [mac80211] [ 60.371516] [] mesh_plink_deactivate+0x72/0xa0 [mac80211] [ 60.371530] [] free_sta_work+0x1e4/0x200 [mac80211] [ 60.371536] [] process_one_work+0x199/0x510 [ 60.371541] [] ? process_one_work+0x12c/0x510 [ 60.371555] [] ? sta_info_cleanup+0x340/0x340 [mac80211] [ 60.371562] [] worker_thread+0x165/0x3f0 [ 60.371567] [] ? manage_workers+0x2a0/0x2a0 [ 60.371572] [] kthread+0xdb/0xe0 [ 60.371577] [] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x30/0x40 [ 60.371582] [] ? flush_kthread_work+0x190/0x190 [ 60.371587] [] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 [ 60.371592] [] ? flush_kthread_work+0x190/0x190 [ 60.371595] ---[ end trace 1455a55624a6514d ]---