linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mmc: fix host release issue after discard operation

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Date:	Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:06:06 -0500
From:	Chris Ball <cjb@...top.org>
To:	"Ray Jui" <rjui@...adcom.com>
Cc:	"Seungwon Jeon" <tgih.jun@...sung.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mmc: fix host release issue after discard operation

Hi Ray,

On Sat, Oct 26 2013, Ray Jui wrote:
> Under function mmc_blk_issue_rq, after an MMC discard operation,
> the MMC request data structure may be freed in memory. Later in
> the same function, the check of req->cmd_flags & MMC_REQ_SPECIAL_MASK
> is dangerous and invalid. It causes the MMC host not to be released
> when it should
>
> This patch fixes the issue by marking the special request down before
> the discard/flush operation
>
> Reported by: Harold (SoonYeal) Yang <haroldsy@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>
> Reviewed-by: Seungwon Jeon <tgih.jun@...sung.com>

Thanks, pushed to mmc-next for 3.14 and -stable.

- Chris.
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