linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mac80211: fix minstrel single-rate memory corruption

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Message-ID: <b6c5339f0906050721k1ed672a0xf6123fa092cb76dd@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 5 Jun 2009 10:21:42 -0400
From:	Bob Copeland <me@...copeland.com>
To:	Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>
Cc:	linville@...driver.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rathamahata@...il.com,
	ognjen.maric@...il.com, rjw@...k.pl, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: fix minstrel single-rate memory corruption

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Felix Fietkau<nbd@...nwrt.org> wrote:
>> John & Felix, the patch itself may be too subtle so feel free to do it a
>> different way.  However this is as minimal as it gets so I hope it can
>> be applied quickly to stable, and mainline if not too late.
>
> How about changing the type of sample_idx to signed instead of casting
> it? It's just a cosmetic thing, so even if you leave at this you get my

Yeah, that is a better option for 2.6.31.  I would be a bit more
comfortable with this version for now though since it's exactly
the code I tested.

> Acked-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>

Thanks!

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Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com
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