From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755182Ab0DNKK0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:10:26 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:60755 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1755026Ab0DNKKY (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:10:24 -0400 X-Authenticated: #1587495 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18kfHQjRXgk3PbWtGVuk3V7mmT257KXT7KoLYh/HI 4MFHPgnWCEBXbN From: "Stefan Lippers-Hollmann" To: Greg KH Subject: Re: patch iwlwifi-counting-number-of-tfds-can-be-free-for-4965.patch added to 2.6.33-stable tree Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:09:50 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.2 (Linux/2.6.33-2.slh.2-sidux-686; KDE/4.4.2; i686; ; ) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com, reinette.chatre@intel.com, shanyu.zhao@intel.com, stable@kernel.org References: <12705808611488@kroah.org> <201004110116.10564.s.L-H@gmx.de> <20100410232116.GA8360@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20100410232116.GA8360@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201004141210.08504.s.L-H@gmx.de> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.52000000000000002 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 > > > Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:05:00 -0700 > > > Subject: iwlwifi: counting number of tfds can be free for 4965 > > > > > > From: Wey-Yi Guy > > > > > > 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