Re: patch iwlwifi-counting-number-of-tfds-can-be-free-for-4965.patch added to 2.6.33-stable tree

Re: patch iwlwifi-counting-number-of-tfds-can-be-free-for-4965.patch added to 2.6.33-stable tree

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 01:16:06AM +0200, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Sunday 11 April 2010, gregkh@suse.de wrote:
> > This is a note to let you know that we have just queued up the patch titled
> > 
> >     Subject: iwlwifi: counting number of tfds can be free for 4965
> > 
> > to the 2.6.33-stable tree.  Its filename is
> > 
> >     iwlwifi-counting-number-of-tfds-can-be-free-for-4965.patch
> > 
> > A git repo of this tree can be found at 
> >     http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
> > 
> > From be6b38bcb175613f239e0b302607db346472c6b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
> > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:05:00 -0700
> > Subject: iwlwifi: counting number of tfds can be free for 4965
> > 
> > From: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
> > 
> > commit be6b38bcb175613f239e0b302607db346472c6b6 upstream.
> > 
> > Forget one hunk in 4965 during "iwlwifi: error checking for number of tfds
> > in queue" patch.
> [...]
> 
> With this patch applied as part of the current -stable queue for 2.6.33, 
> I've gotten feedback from two different IPW4965 users on amd64 and i386 
> architectures that they're getting a kernel panic while booting:

Yes, there is a follow-up patch that just went to Linus to fix this
issue.  I should be picking it up in a day or so.

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: patch iwlwifi-counting-number-of-tfds-can-be-free-for-4965.patch added to 2.6.33-stable tree

[Stefan Lippers-Hollmann]

Hi

Hi

On Wednesday 14 April 2010, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 01:16:06AM +0200, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > On Sunday 11 April 2010, gregkh@suse.de wrote:
> > > This is a note to let you know that we have just queued up the patch titled
> > > 
> > >     Subject: iwlwifi: counting number of tfds can be free for 4965
> > > 
> > > to the 2.6.33-stable tree.  Its filename is
> > > 
> > >     iwlwifi-counting-number-of-tfds-can-be-free-for-4965.patch
> > > 
> > > A git repo of this tree can be found at 
> > >     http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
> > > 
> > > From be6b38bcb175613f239e0b302607db346472c6b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > From: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
> > > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:05:00 -0700
> > > Subject: iwlwifi: counting number of tfds can be free for 4965
> > > 
> > > From: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
> > > 
> > > commit be6b38bcb175613f239e0b302607db346472c6b6 upstream.
> > > 
> > > Forget one hunk in 4965 during "iwlwifi: error checking for number of tfds
> > > in queue" patch.
> > [...]
> > 
> > With this patch applied as part of the current -stable queue for 2.6.33, 
> > I've gotten feedback from two different IPW4965 users on amd64 and i386 
> > architectures that they're getting a kernel panic while booting:
> 
> Yes, there is a follow-up patch that just went to Linus to fix this
> issue.  I should be picking it up in a day or so.
[...]

Thanks, the updated queue-2.6.33 (which means likely iwlwifi-need-check-for-
valid-qos-packet-before-free.patch) indeed fixes the problem for both 
users.

Thank you a lot for your efforts
	Stefan Lippers-Hollmann

Re: patch iwlwifi-counting-number-of-tfds-can-be-free-for-4965.patch added to 2.6.33-stable tree

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:09:50PM +0200, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Hi
> 
> On Wednesday 14 April 2010, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 01:16:06AM +0200, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > On Sunday 11 April 2010, gregkh@suse.de wrote:
> > > > This is a note to let you know that we have just queued up the patch titled
> > > > 
> > > >     Subject: iwlwifi: counting number of tfds can be free for 4965
> > > > 
> > > > to the 2.6.33-stable tree.  Its filename is
> > > > 
> > > >     iwlwifi-counting-number-of-tfds-can-be-free-for-4965.patch
> > > > 
> > > > A git repo of this tree can be found at 
> > > >     http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
> > > > 
> > > > From be6b38bcb175613f239e0b302607db346472c6b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > > From: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
> > > > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:05:00 -0700
> > > > Subject: iwlwifi: counting number of tfds can be free for 4965
> > > > 
> > > > From: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
> > > > 
> > > > commit be6b38bcb175613f239e0b302607db346472c6b6 upstream.
> > > > 
> > > > Forget one hunk in 4965 during "iwlwifi: error checking for number of tfds
> > > > in queue" patch.
> > > [...]
> > > 
> > > With this patch applied as part of the current -stable queue for 2.6.33, 
> > > I've gotten feedback from two different IPW4965 users on amd64 and i386 
> > > architectures that they're getting a kernel panic while booting:
> > 
> > Yes, there is a follow-up patch that just went to Linus to fix this
> > issue.  I should be picking it up in a day or so.
> [...]
> 
> Thanks, the updated queue-2.6.33 (which means likely iwlwifi-need-check-for-
> valid-qos-packet-before-free.patch) indeed fixes the problem for both 
> users.

Wonderful, thanks for verifying this, I appreciate it.

greg k-h