Re: [PATCH V2 v3.7] brcmsmac: handle packet drop on enqueuing correctly

["Arend van Spriel" <arend@broadcom.com>]

On 12/03/2012 07:59 PM, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 07:54:54PM +0100, Arend van Spriel wrote:
>> On 12/03/2012 07:39 PM, John W. Linville wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 04:24:31PM +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
>>>> Hi Arend,
>>>>
>>>> "Arend van Spriel" <arend@broadcom.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> What is keeping you from picking up this patch? Anything I should do?
>>>>> This V2 removed the no-op changes in ampdu.c that Seth indicated so...
>>>>
>>>> Most likely it's too late. Dave already told that that John's previous
>>>> pull request might not make it to 3.7.
>>>
>>> Yes, that.  Also, given the merge difficulties this creates and the
>>> fact that Seth's patch is already queued for 3.8, maybe you should
>>> consider sending this for the 3.7 stable series when it opens?
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>
>> That was my plan when it would not get in for 3.7.0. I wanted it to go
>> to stable anyway as the fix is also needed for 3.6.x stable. Just wanted
>> to get it upstream fixed first.
>>
>> For 3.8 the fix has been reworked on top of Seth patches and is in
>> wireless-next (c4dea35e brcmsmac: handle packet drop during transmit
>> correctly). Should I refer to that commit when submitting to stable
>> (although it is a slightly different patch).
> 
> Yes, I think the stable team will appreciate that.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 

Hi John,

Not keeping a close eye on LKML, but I noticed 3.7-rc8 is out. Would you
reconsider taking this patch for 3.7? Would be nice to be rid of slab
corruption in v3.7.0.

Gr. AvS