linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/firmware/broadcom/bcm47xx_nvram.c: fix incorrect __ioread32

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Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:13:22 -0700
From:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:	Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
Cc:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/firmware/broadcom/bcm47xx_nvram.c: fix
 incorrect __ioread32_copy

On 03/16, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> Commit 1f330c327900 ("drivers/firmware/broadcom/bcm47xx_nvram.c: use
> __ioread32_copy() instead of open-coding") switched to use a generic copy
> function, but failed to notice that the header pointer is updated between
> the two copies, resulting in bogus data being copied in the latter one.
> Fix by keeping the old header pointer.
> 
> The patch fixes totally broken networking on WRT54GL router (both LAN
> and WLAN interfaces fail to probe).
> 
> Fixes: 1f330c327900 ("drivers/firmware/broadcom/bcm47xx_nvram.c: use __ioread32_copy() instead of open-coding")
> Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>

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