netdev - Re: [PATCH 23/23 V2 for 3.19] rtlwifi: Fix error when accessing unmapped memory in skb

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Message-ID: <87a928726w.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com>
Date:	Sun, 28 Dec 2014 07:50:31 +0200
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/23 V2 for 3.19]  rtlwifi: Fix error when accessing unmapped memory in skb

Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net> writes:

> These drivers use 9100-byte receive buffers, thus allocating an skb requires
> an O(3) memory allocation. Under heavy memory loads and fragmentation, such
> a request can fail. Previous versions of the driver have dropped the packet
> and reused the old buffer; however, the new version introduced a bug in that
> it released the old buffer before trying to allocate a new one. The previous
> method is implemented here.
>
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
> Cc: Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>  [v3.18]
> Reported-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
> Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
> ---
>
> V2 - Fixes an error in the logic of V1. Realtek is working on a change to
>      the RX buffer allocation, but that is likely to be too invasive for
>      a fix to -rc or stable. In the meantime, this will help.

23/23? Where are patches 1-22? I don't see them in patchwork:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/

-- 
Kalle Valo
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