From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, driver-devel@vger.kernel.org,
Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: rtlwifi: Fix kernel oops introduced with commit e49656147359
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:35:20 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161221143520.5873D61662@smtp.codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161220023812.5999-1-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
> With commit e49656147359 {"rtlwifi: Use dev_kfree_skb_irq instead of
> kfree_skb"), the method used to free an skb was changed because the
> kfree_skb() was inside a spinlock. What was forgotten is that kfree_skb()
> guards against a NULL value for the argument. Routine dev_kfree_skb_irq()
> does not, and a test is needed to prevent kernel panics.
>
> Fixes: e49656147359 ("rtlwifi: Use dev_kfree_skb_irq instead of kfree_skb")
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.9+
> Cc: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.
22b68b93ae25 rtlwifi: Fix kernel oops introduced with commit e49656147359
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9481055/
Documentation about submitting wireless patches and checking status
from patchwork:
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-21 14:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-20 2:38 [PATCH] rtlwifi: Fix kernel oops introduced with commit e49656147359 Larry Finger
2016-12-20 11:21 ` Kalle Valo
2016-12-20 15:25 ` Larry Finger
2016-12-21 14:35 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
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