linux-kernel - Re: rtl8192cu: slow path warning

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Message-ID: <20130723174904.00d6fab4@tux.DEF.witbe.net>
Date:	Tue, 23 Jul 2013 17:49:04 +0200
From:	Paul Rolland (ポール・ロラン) 
	<rol@...be.net>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:	Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@...il.com>,
	Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rol@...be.net
Subject: Re: rtl8192cu: slow path warning

Hello Larry,

On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:05:26 -0500
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net> wrote:

> The reason that patch is not in mainline is that it takes time. If you
> want to have it, you can get the official patch from 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=137242880222442&w=2, or you need to 
> implement kernels from the wireless-testing git tree, where it was added
> on June 28 as commit bcfb879. My original patch included the following
> note for John Linville:
> 
> "Ideally, this patch should be pushed to the 3.10 stream; however, at
> this late time that is not possible. Please push it for 3.11 and the Cc
> to stable will get it into 3.10.X."
> 
> As you see, it was marked with a Cc for Stable, and it will be propagated
> to 3.10 when it gets incorporated by Linus. I think I have done all that
> I can do for now.
> 
> If you want to lobby Linus to get stuff accepted faster, that is your 
> prerogative; however, I could not recommend that action, and I certainly
> will never do anything like that.

Neither will I... I was just wondering and asking, nothing else, as I'm
also facing this warning. 

I'm glad to see the link you sent is presenting a patch that is the same as
the one I prepared. I'm going to use that while waiting for the patch to
hit mainline !

Thanks for replying, 
Best,
Paul


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