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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
Cc: Avraham Stern <avraham.stern@intel.com>,
	Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19] iwlwifi: mvm: Send LQ command as async when necessary
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 18:50:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190124175033.GA7484@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5a31d628cb46c48aca6d6a78241e9ea4e21db3b9.camel@intel.com>

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:47:12AM +0200, Luciano Coelho wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> This patch fixes a few bugs reported in bugzilla, about scheduling
> while atomic.  There were at least 4 reports[1], so it seems to be a
> common occurrence.
> 
> The patch looks large, but it's basically just a new boolean been
> passed around in order to decide whether we send a message
> synchronously or not.
> 
> Is it possible to queue it for 4.19.y?
> 
> [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200991
>     https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202219
>     https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201297
>     https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201355

Now queued up, thanks.

Note, apis that add "booleans" to them are horrid, good luck maintaining
that mess :(

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2019-01-24 17:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-22 11:50 [PATCH 4.19] iwlwifi: mvm: Send LQ command as async when necessary Emmanuel Grumbach
2019-01-24  8:47 ` Luciano Coelho
2019-01-24 17:50   ` Greg KH [this message]
2019-01-24 17:55     ` Luciano Coelho

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