From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Critical fix for rtlwifi
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 11:40:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k1kdzrvz.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e419ff31-d9fe-feed-9f40-4a7d4b82a44e@lwfinger.net> (Larry Finger's message of "Wed, 12 Dec 2018 11:55:36 -0600")
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> writes:
> On November 18th, I submitted a patch entitles "[PATCH 4.20] rtlwifi:
> Fix leak of skb when processing C2H_BT_INFO" that fixes an skb memory
> leak.
So this is the patch:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10687671/
> I just checked, and this one-line patch is still sitting in patchwork
> with a status of "NEW". Why is this the case?
I just have been busy with other stuff and haven't had enough free time
to process patches.
> The reports and testing of the fix took place in a GitHub issue
> thread, but that should not keep a critical fix from being handled
> fairly quickly. Meanwhile users of unpatched kernels are having their
> systems run out of memory! This problem is present in kernels 4.18+!
Sure, I understand that. I'll try to apply the patch soon.
--
Kalle Valo
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2018-12-12 17:55 Critical fix for rtlwifi Larry Finger
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