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

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Date:	Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:21:23 +0200
From:	Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@...onical.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.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

Greg KH wrote:
> 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?

git'ified verrsion of patchworks patch attached.

Stefan

> what a mess,
> 
> greg k-h
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