linux-kernel - Re: 4.1.24-stable: iwlwifi patch applied to wrong file

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Message-ID: <573375B5.8010002@oracle.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 May 2016 14:11:01 -0400
From:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
To:	Jens Rottmann <Jens.Rottmann@...inktech.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 4.1.24-stable: iwlwifi patch applied to wrong file

On 05/11/2016 01:54 PM, Jens Rottmann wrote:
> Hi again,
> 
> in 4.1.24-stable commit fdfdfc7cdf (iwlwifi: pcie: lower the debug level
> for RSA semaphore access) was applied to the wrong file. It patched
> drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c whereas it should have
> patched drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c instead.
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c is a useless artifact
> created by a faulty patch, which went into 4.1.18 (d9d42b679e36 iwlwifi:
> pcie: properly configure the debug buffer size for 8000) I already
> reported this a while ago ("4.1.18 introduced spurious copy of renamed
> iwlwifi trans.c").
> 
> For 4.1.25 please delete drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
> and reapply the "lower the debug level" patch to the correct file.

Oh I thought that I removed that file after the previous mail about it :/

Fixed in queue now, and I'll make sure it's right before shipping .25


Thanks,
Sasha