From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Reto Schneider <code@reto-schneider.ch>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net,
Reto Schneider <code@reto-schneider.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix deadlock
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 10:37:45 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200715103745.14FAFC433C9@smtp.codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200622132113.14508-2-code@reto-schneider.ch>
Reto Schneider <code@reto-schneider.ch> wrote:
> Prevent code from calling itself indirectly, causing the driver to hang
> and consume 100% CPU.
>
> Without this fix, the following script can bring down a single CPU
> system:
> ```
> while true; do
> rmmod rtl8192cu
> modprobe rtl8192cu
> done
> ```
>
> Signed-off-by: Reto Schneider <code@reto-schneider.ch>
> ACKed-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
3 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
ec89032cd148 rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix deadlock
03128643eb54 rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Prevent leaking urb
a7f7c15e945a rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Free ieee80211_hw if probing fails
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11617759/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-15 10:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-22 13:21 [PATCH 0/3] rtl8192cu: Fixes for leaks and deadlock Reto Schneider
2020-06-22 13:21 ` [PATCH 1/3] rtl8192cu: Fix deadlock Reto Schneider
2020-06-22 18:01 ` Larry Finger
2020-06-23 9:20 ` Kalle Valo
2020-07-15 10:37 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2020-06-22 13:21 ` [PATCH 2/3] rtl8192cu: Prevent leaking urb Reto Schneider
2020-06-22 13:21 ` [PATCH 3/3] rtl8192cu: Free ieee80211_hw if probing fails Reto Schneider
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