linux-kernel - Re: [patch 29/50] zd1211rw: Call ieee80211

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Message-ID: <20070108152044.GC22498@tuxdriver.com>
Date:	Mon, 8 Jan 2007 10:20:50 -0500
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Justin Forbes <jmforbes@...uxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@....linux.org.uk>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@...ntumlinux.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@...cw.f00f.org>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>, torvalds@...l.org,
	akpm@...l.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Daniel Drake <dsd@...too.org>,
	Ulrich Kunitz <kune@...ne-taler.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 29/50] zd1211rw: Call ieee80211_rx in tasklet

On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 06:28:22PM -0800, Chris Wright wrote:
> -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> ------------------
> 
> From: Ulrich Kunitz <kune@...ne-taler.de>
> 
> [PATCH] zd1211rw: Call ieee80211_rx in tasklet
> 
> The driver called ieee80211_rx in hardware interrupt context.  This has
> been against the intention of the ieee80211_rx function.  It caused a bug
> in the crypto routines used by WPA.  This patch calls ieee80211_rx in a
> tasklet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Kunitz <kune@...ne-taler.de>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>

ACK

-- 
John W. Linville
linville@...driver.com
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