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Date:   Mon, 7 Jun 2021 11:26:54 +0200
From:   Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@...il.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, Larry.Finger@...inger.net,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Use list iterators and helpers

Hi,

On 6/5/21 2:54 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 07:26:33PM +0200, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
>> Hello Guenter,
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 10:33:01AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>> The rtl8723bs driver manually re-implements list helper functions
>>> and macros in various ways. Replace with existing list helpers.
>>
>> I'm testing rtl8723bs on a baytrail tablet (Lenovo Ideapad MIIX 300-10IBY)
>> and applying the tag staging-5.13-rc4, loading r8723bs makes the whole
>> system freezing while trying to connect to local AP.
>>
>> Only a power off is allowed.
>>
>> I found that commit b3cd518c5abd42fbc747ef55a5fdc40bf7bf01c0
>> (staging: rtl8723bs: Use list iterators and helpers)
>> introduced the bug.
>>
>> I'm trying to find out what's wrong with this patch, have you any suggestions?
> 
> Some of the iterators needed the _safe variant which I didn't take into account.
> I thought that was fixed, but maybe some locations were missed.

Since 5.13 is already at rc5 now, maybe we should revert this and try
again later ?

Regards,

Hans

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