From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753997Ab3DKWII (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:08:08 -0400 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.122]:2586 "EHLO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753186Ab3DKWIG (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:08:06 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=F+XVh9dN c=1 sm=0 a=rXTBtCOcEpjy1lPqhTCpEQ==:17 a=mNMOxpOpBa8A:10 a=hfZ0uVC4SjAA:10 a=5SG0PmZfjMsA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=meVymXHHAAAA:8 a=RjDlZQbxo_4A:10 a=M5GUcnROAAAA:8 a=7iu7JjQDoK-cVzNLxi4A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=9RRF0ttvEvMA:10 a=rXTBtCOcEpjy1lPqhTCpEQ==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Authenticated-User: X-Originating-IP: 74.67.115.198 Message-ID: <1365718082.9609.66.camel@gandalf.local.home> Subject: Re: [ 099/171 ] mwifiex: fix race when queuing commands From: Steven Rostedt To: Bing Zhao Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "stable@vger.kernel.org" , Daniel Drake , Marco Cesarano , Amitkumar Karwar , "John W. Linville" Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:08:02 -0400 In-Reply-To: <477F20668A386D41ADCC57781B1F70430D9DE96BE2@SC-VEXCH1.marvell.com> References: <20130411202503.783159048@goodmis.org> <20130411202602.327870069@goodmis.org> <477F20668A386D41ADCC57781B1F70430D9DE96BE2@SC-VEXCH1.marvell.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.4-2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2013-04-11 at 14:29 -0700, Bing Zhao wrote: > Hi Steven, > > > 3.6.11.2 stable review patch. > > If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > > > ------------------ > > > > From: Amitkumar Karwar > > > > [ Upstream commit 00d7ea11ff0783e24fe70778f3141270b561aaa1 ] > > > > Running the following script repeatedly on XO-4 with SD8787 > > produces command timeout and system lockup. > > The patch 099/171 and 100/171 (mwifiex: skip pending commands after function shutdown) are intended for 3.8 to solve a race issue found on XO-4 platform. > > For 3.7 and lower kernel versions, these patches are not verified. > I'd suggest do not merge them to 3.6.11.x to avoid potential side effects. > > Later, if we get a user report of the same problem on 3.6, we can verify these patches on his/her platform and add these patches back. > OK, thanks for the update. I'll remove them from my queue. Thanks, -- Steve