netdev - Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-git19] BUG due to bad argument to ieee80211softmac_assoc

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Message-Id: <341A1CE8-DF10-4CD5-B675-89449256EAB5@deine-taler.de>
Date:	Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:38:56 +0100
From:	Uli Kunitz <kune@...ne-taler.de>
To:	Michael Bommarito <mjbommar@...ch.edu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-git19] BUG due to bad argument to ieee80211softmac_assoc_work

Michael,

I sent a patch to this list on Sunday, that patched the problem. It  
seems to be migrated into the wireless-2.6 git tree.

Regards,

Uli
Am 13.12.2006 um 19:17 schrieb Michael Bommarito:

> This didn't get much attention on bugzilla and I figured it was
> important enough to forward along to the whole list since it's been
> lingering around in ieee80211-softmac since 19-git5 at least.
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7657
>
> Somebody was passing the whole mac device structure to
> ieee80211softmac_assoc_work instead of just the assocation work, which
> lead to much death and locking.
>
> Attached is a patch that fixes this (the actual change is two lines
> but context provided in patch for review).  The dmesg containing call
> trace is attached to the bugzilla entry above.
>
> -Mike
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Uli Kunitz



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