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

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Date:	Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:48:48 -0500
From:	"Michael Bommarito" <michael.bommarito@...il.com>
To:	"Uli Kunitz" <kune@...ne-taler.de>
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

Hello Uli,
  Yes, apologies, I had been waiting for an abandoned bugzilla entry
to get attention, and when I realized it was assigned to a dead-end, I
had simply posted the patch without checking for prior messages.
  I was further confused by the fact that it hadn't made its way into
any of the 19-gitX sets (and for that matter, the window for
2.6.20-rc1 has come and gone and this still remains unfixed), despite
how clear the error was and how trivial the fix seems.

-Mike

On 12/14/06, Uli Kunitz <kune@...ne-taler.de> wrote:
> 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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