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

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Message-ID: <20100330200842.GF1693@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:08:42 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@...onical.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"adel.gadllah@...il.com" <adel.gadllah@...il.com>,
	"stable-commits@...r.kernel.org" <stable-commits@...r.kernel.org>,
	reinette chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
	"linville@...driver.com" <linville@...driver.com>,
	"stable@...nel.org" <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [stable] patch iwlwifi-silence-tfds_in_queue-message.patch
	added to 2.6.32-stable tree

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 09:16:02AM +0200, Stefan Bader wrote:
> 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

So, what exactly should I be doing here for the .32 stable queue?

what a mess,

greg k-h
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