Description of problem: My dmesg is filled up with [ 3199.501702] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 3199.501707] WARNING: at drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-tx.c:1179 iwlagn_rx_reply_tx+0x941/0x970 [iwlwifi]() [ 3199.501708] Hardware name: 4286CT0 [ 3199.501709] Modules linked in: fuse bnep bluetooth ip6table_filter ip6_tables ebtable_nat ebtables be2iscsi iscsi_boot_sysfs bnx2i cnic uio cxgb4i tpm_bios cxgb4 cxgb3i cxgb3 mdio libcxgbi ib_iser rdma_cm ib_addr iw_cm ib_cm ib_sa ib_mad ib_core iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle bridge stp llc xts gf128mul dm_crypt uvcvideo snd_hda_codec_hdmi videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops videobuf2_core videodev media snd_hda_codec_conexant arc4 iwlwifi mac80211 cfg80211 thinkpad_acpi snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_page_alloc snd_timer snd soundcore rfkill e1000e lpc_ich mei mfd_core coretemp i2c_i801 microcode vhost_net nfsd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss lockd sunrpc tun macvtap macvlan kvm_intel kvm binfmt_misc uinput crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel sdhci_pci sdhci mmc_core wmi i915 video i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper drm i2c_core [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] [ 3199.501744] Pid: 0, comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 3.5.2-3.fc17.x86_64 #1 [ 3199.501744] Call Trace: [ 3199.501745] <IRQ> [<ffffffff810584bf>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [ 3199.501750] [<ffffffff8105851a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 3199.501755] [<ffffffffa04986d1>] iwlagn_rx_reply_tx+0x941/0x970 [iwlwifi] [ 3199.501757] [<ffffffff8101a953>] ? native_sched_clock+0x13/0x80 [ 3199.501763] [<ffffffffa04a3007>] iwl_rx_dispatch+0xb7/0x120 [iwlwifi] [ 3199.501769] [<ffffffffa04b0d10>] iwl_irq_tasklet+0x790/0xb00 [iwlwifi] [ 3199.501772] [<ffffffff81061403>] tasklet_action+0x63/0xd0 [ 3199.501777] [<ffffffff81060e90>] __do_softirq+0xc0/0x1e0 [ 3199.501782] [<ffffffff8101a953>] ? native_sched_clock+0x13/0x80 [ 3199.501788] [<ffffffff81615d5c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30 [ 3199.501793] [<ffffffff81015225>] do_softirq+0x75/0xb0 [ 3199.501808] [<ffffffff81061265>] irq_exit+0xb5/0xc0 [ 3199.501810] [<ffffffff816165b3>] do_IRQ+0x63/0xe0 [ 3199.501812] [<ffffffff8160cc2a>] common_interrupt+0x6a/0x6a [ 3199.501813] <EOI> [<ffffffff810a71a4>] ? ktime_get+0x64/0xe0 [ 3199.501817] [<ffffffff8132b4aa>] ? intel_idle+0xea/0x150 [ 3199.501819] [<ffffffff8132b48b>] ? intel_idle+0xcb/0x150 [ 3199.501822] [<ffffffff814ba8c9>] cpuidle_enter+0x19/0x20 [ 3199.501824] [<ffffffff814baee9>] cpuidle_idle_call+0xa9/0x240 [ 3199.501826] [<ffffffff8101c55f>] cpu_idle+0xaf/0x120 [ 3199.501829] [<ffffffff815e97de>] rest_init+0x72/0x74 [ 3199.501833] [<ffffffff81cf6c2a>] start_kernel+0x3b7/0x3c4 [ 3199.501836] [<ffffffff81cf6672>] ? repair_env_string+0x5e/0x5e [ 3199.501840] [<ffffffff81cf6356>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x131/0x135 [ 3199.501843] [<ffffffff81cf645a>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x100/0x10f [ 3199.501845] ---[ end trace 58ac911d0140fe96 ]--- Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.5.2-3.fc17.x86_64 How reproducible: Sporadic Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try to connect to the wifi at linuxcon/LPC 2. 3. Actual results: Doesn't connect, and has the warning pasted above Expected results: connect to the wifi Additional info: i am at LPC/Linuxcon and I seem to have all the luck connecting to the wifi. If you want to, we can sit for a while and see if this hits again.
This is the f17 dupe of f16 bug 810657, so this looks like it's been around since at least 3.3
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 862111 ***