Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [ 099/171 ] mwifiex: fix race when queuing commands | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Date | Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:08:02 -0400 |
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On Thu, 2013-04-11 at 14:29 -0700, Bing Zhao wrote: > Hi Steven, > > > 3.6.11.2 stable review patch. > > If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > > > ------------------ > > > > From: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@marvell.com> > > > > [ Upstream commit 00d7ea11ff0783e24fe70778f3141270b561aaa1 ] > > > > Running the following script repeatedly on XO-4 with SD8787 > > produces command timeout and system lockup. > > The patch 099/171 and 100/171 (mwifiex: skip pending commands after function shutdown) are intended for 3.8 to solve a race issue found on XO-4 platform. > > For 3.7 and lower kernel versions, these patches are not verified. > I'd suggest do not merge them to 3.6.11.x to avoid potential side effects. > > Later, if we get a user report of the same problem on 3.6, we can verify these patches on his/her platform and add these patches back. >
OK, thanks for the update. I'll remove them from my queue.
Thanks,
-- Steve
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