From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
To: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>
Cc: <ath10k@lists.infradead.org>, <greearb@candelatech.com>,
<linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: double check bmi xfer pointers
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 08:40:56 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8738hkh193.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1397124355-6321-1-git-send-email-michal.kazior@tieto.com> (Michal Kazior's message of "Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:05:55 +0200")
Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com> writes:
> If for some reason copy engine ring buffer became
> corrupt ath10k could crash the machine due to
> invalid pointer dereference. It's very unlikely
> but devices can never be fully trusted so verify
> if the bmi xfer pointer read back from copy engine
> matches the original pointer.
The big question is why does this happen? Does this happen only with
Ben's firmware or is it a more generic problem?
--
Kalle Valo
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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
To: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com>
Cc: greearb@candelatech.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
ath10k@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: double check bmi xfer pointers
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 08:40:56 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8738hkh193.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1397124355-6321-1-git-send-email-michal.kazior@tieto.com> (Michal Kazior's message of "Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:05:55 +0200")
Michal Kazior <michal.kazior@tieto.com> writes:
> If for some reason copy engine ring buffer became
> corrupt ath10k could crash the machine due to
> invalid pointer dereference. It's very unlikely
> but devices can never be fully trusted so verify
> if the bmi xfer pointer read back from copy engine
> matches the original pointer.
The big question is why does this happen? Does this happen only with
Ben's firmware or is it a more generic problem?
--
Kalle Valo
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-11 5:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-10 4:14 Crash during driver startup Ben Greear
2014-04-10 10:05 ` [PATCH] ath10k: double check bmi xfer pointers Michal Kazior
2014-04-10 10:05 ` Michal Kazior
2014-04-10 13:42 ` Ben Greear
2014-04-10 13:42 ` Ben Greear
2014-04-11 5:40 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2014-04-11 5:40 ` Kalle Valo
2014-04-11 5:47 ` Michal Kazior
2014-04-11 5:47 ` Michal Kazior
2014-04-11 7:58 ` Michal Kazior
2014-04-11 7:58 ` Michal Kazior
2014-04-11 15:09 ` load module ath10k: ieee80211 phy0: Failed to initialize wep: -2 Vu Hai NGUYEN
2014-04-14 6:39 ` Michal Kazior
2014-04-14 8:10 ` Kalle Valo
2014-04-14 15:49 ` RE : " Vu Hai NGUYEN
2014-04-15 8:20 ` Report Firmware firmware-2.bin_10.1.467.2-1 Error Vu Hai NGUYEN
2014-04-15 11:02 ` Kalle Valo
2014-04-16 11:51 ` RE : " Vu Hai NGUYEN
2014-04-16 11:51 ` Vu Hai NGUYEN
2014-04-24 6:35 ` Kalle Valo
2014-04-24 9:03 ` RE : " Vu Hai NGUYEN
2014-04-24 9:41 ` Michal Kazior
2014-04-24 10:18 ` Yeoh Chun-Yeow
2014-04-30 12:39 ` RE : " Vu Hai NGUYEN
2014-05-07 7:36 ` ath10k does not support selection antenna yet? Vu Hai NGUYEN
2014-05-07 7:48 ` Michal Kazior
2014-05-07 8:16 ` Yeoh Chun-Yeow
2014-05-07 8:16 ` RE : " Vu Hai NGUYEN
2014-05-07 9:26 ` Janusz Dziedzic
2014-05-07 14:11 ` Ben Greear
2014-05-07 14:21 ` Adrian Chadd
2014-05-07 14:33 ` Ben Greear
2014-05-07 14:50 ` Adrian Chadd
2014-05-07 15:09 ` Ben Greear
2014-04-14 8:05 ` [PATCH] ath10k: double check bmi xfer pointers Kalle Valo
2014-04-14 8:05 ` Kalle Valo
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