linux-kernel - Re: patch iwlwifi-silence-tfds_in_queue-message.patch added to 2.6.32-stable tree

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Date:	Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:16:02 +0200
From:	Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	reinette chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
	"adel.gadllah@...il.com" <adel.gadllah@...il.com>,
	"linville@...driver.com" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"stable@...nel.org" <stable@...nel.org>,
	"stable-commits@...r.kernel.org" <stable-commits@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: patch iwlwifi-silence-tfds_in_queue-message.patch added to	2.6.32-stable
 tree

Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 03:09:35PM -0700, reinette chatre wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 13:41 -0700, gregkh@...e.de wrote:
>>> This is a note to let you know that we have just queued up the patch titled
>>>
>>>     Subject: iwlwifi: Silence tfds_in_queue message
>>>
>>> to the 2.6.32-stable tree.
>> [...]
>>
>> Please note that this patch is really just masking a problem introduced
>> by a 2.6.32 backported patch. The real fix is
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/86722/ which should be included in
>> 2.6.32.
> 
> What is the git commit id for that patch?  patchwork links don't help me
> at all.

There isn't one. The main problem only exists in 2.6.32.y
because the final hunk missed to remove the nfreed++ from
ouside the if.

Introduced by backport of in 2.6.32.y

commit a120e912eb51e347f36c71b60a1d13af74d30e83
Author: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 19 15:47:33 2010 -0800

    iwlwifi: sanity check before counting number of tfds can be free


> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
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