Re: 2.6.19-rc2-mm1 // errors in verify_redzone_free()

Jean Tourrilhes
2006-10-19T17:47:57Z

On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 10:25:29AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> > Do you know which driver the user is using ? Is it an
> > in-kernel driver, or an out-of-kernel driver ?
> > Thanks !
> >
>
> Modules Loaded orinoco_cs orinoco hermes pcmcia firmware_class
> yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core
>
> The full dmesg is on the mailing list - I'll forward it to you.

It's the same bug as before.
The user is *not* using 2.6.19-rc2-mm1, but 2.6.19-rc2 :
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Linux version 2.6.19-rc2 (root@orion) (gcc version 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1)) #3 PREEMPT Thu Oct 19 16:04:17 CEST 2006
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The Orinoco fix is in 2.6.19-rc2-mm1, but it is *not* in
2.6.19-rc2.

John : the current code is 2.6.19-rc2 is definitely not
releasable. Either we back out WE-21, or we fix it, but doing nothing
at this point is a receipe for disaster.

I submitted to you 3 patches to fix WE-21 in 2.6.19-rc2 :
o Orinoco SLAB fix
o Other driver slab fix
o WE-20 ESSID backward compatibility
Those patches were fixing real problems and tested on my side.
If those patches are not planned to go in 2.6.19-rc2, I ask
again that WE-21 be removed from 2.6.19.

Thanks in advance...

Jean