Back-port of the following upstream commit...

commit 8a472da431998b7357e6dc562e79a3061ed56cad
Author: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 18 22:03:06 2010 -0800

    iwlwifi: separated time check for different type of force reset
    
    Use different timing duration check for different type of force reset,
    force reset request can come from different source and based on
    different reason; one type of reset request should not block other type of
    reset request.
    
    Adding structure to keep track of different force reset request.
    
    Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff -up linux-2.6.32.noarch/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c.orig linux-2.6.32.noarch/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
diff -up linux-2.6.32.noarch/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c.orig linux-2.6.32.noarch/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
--- linux-2.6.32.noarch/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c.orig	2010-03-22 15:24:28.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.32.noarch/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c	2010-03-22 15:40:48.000000000 -0400
@@ -1497,6 +1497,12 @@ int iwl_init_drv(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 
 	priv->current_ht_config.sm_ps = WLAN_HT_CAP_SM_PS_DISABLED;
 
+	/* initialize force reset */
+	priv->force_reset[IWL_RF_RESET].reset_duration =
+		IWL_DELAY_NEXT_FORCE_RF_RESET;
+	priv->force_reset[IWL_FW_RESET].reset_duration =
+		IWL_DELAY_NEXT_FORCE_FW_RELOAD;
+
 	/* Choose which receivers/antennas to use */
 	if (priv->cfg->ops->hcmd->set_rxon_chain)
 		priv->cfg->ops->hcmd->set_rxon_chain(priv);
@@ -3058,22 +3064,30 @@ static void iwl_force_rf_reset(struct iw
 	return;
 }
 
-#define IWL_DELAY_NEXT_FORCE_RESET (HZ*3)
 
 int iwl_force_reset(struct iwl_priv *priv, int mode)
 {
+	struct iwl_force_reset *force_reset;
+
 	if (test_bit(STATUS_EXIT_PENDING, &priv->status))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (priv->last_force_reset_jiffies &&
-	    time_after(priv->last_force_reset_jiffies +
-		       IWL_DELAY_NEXT_FORCE_RESET, jiffies)) {
+	if (mode >= IWL_MAX_FORCE_RESET) {
+		IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "invalid reset request.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	force_reset = &priv->force_reset[mode];
+	force_reset->reset_request_count++;
+	if (force_reset->last_force_reset_jiffies &&
+	    time_after(force_reset->last_force_reset_jiffies +
+	    force_reset->reset_duration, jiffies)) {
 		IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "force reset rejected\n");
+		force_reset->reset_reject_count++;
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
-
+	force_reset->reset_success_count++;
+	force_reset->last_force_reset_jiffies = jiffies;
 	IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "perform force reset (%d)\n", mode);
-
 	switch (mode) {
 	case IWL_RF_RESET:
 		iwl_force_rf_reset(priv);
@@ -3090,12 +3104,7 @@ int iwl_force_reset(struct iwl_priv *pri
 		clear_bit(STATUS_READY, &priv->status);
 		queue_work(priv->workqueue, &priv->restart);
 		break;
-	default:
-		IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "invalid reset request.\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	priv->last_force_reset_jiffies = jiffies;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff -up linux-2.6.32.noarch/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h.orig linux-2.6.32.noarch/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h
--- linux-2.6.32.noarch/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h.orig	2010-03-22 15:33:00.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.32.noarch/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-dev.h	2010-03-22 15:37:04.000000000 -0400
@@ -973,9 +973,21 @@ struct traffic_stats {
 #define IWL_MAX_PLCP_ERR_EXT_LONG_THRESHOLD_DEF	(200)
 #define IWL_MAX_PLCP_ERR_THRESHOLD_MAX	(255)
 
+#define IWL_DELAY_NEXT_FORCE_RF_RESET  (HZ*3)
+#define IWL_DELAY_NEXT_FORCE_FW_RELOAD (HZ*5)
+
 enum iwl_reset {
 	IWL_RF_RESET = 0,
 	IWL_FW_RESET,
+	IWL_MAX_FORCE_RESET,
+};
+
+struct iwl_force_reset {
+	int reset_request_count;
+	int reset_success_count;
+	int reset_reject_count;
+	unsigned long reset_duration;
+	unsigned long last_force_reset_jiffies;
 };
 
 struct iwl_priv {
@@ -1010,7 +1022,7 @@ struct iwl_priv {
 	unsigned long plcp_jiffies;
 
 	/* force reset */
-	unsigned long last_force_reset_jiffies;
+	struct iwl_force_reset force_reset[IWL_MAX_FORCE_RESET];
 
 	/* we allocate array of iwl4965_channel_info for NIC's valid channels.
 	 *    Access via channel # using indirect index array */