From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F47EC433E0 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:06:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C38C964EC0 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:06:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232333AbhBRTGX (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:06:23 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55184 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233578AbhBRRYu (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:24:50 -0500 Received: from pandora.armlinux.org.uk (pandora.armlinux.org.uk [IPv6:2001:4d48:ad52:32c8:5054:ff:fe00:142]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B3754C06178B for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 09:23:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=armlinux.org.uk; s=pandora-2019; h=Sender:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=UegB2Zj0n1bQJXQibuqGXU/TCSS1amPkWG/5jTW6Kdw=; b=vi+FXIyJcxRhZlxVAeloDvBqp lb8JZ5XRKbJaJ5PXQPyThu8TCdZAq2fl32gpRe0i+Fbamw+hFq30nb+QxA/D0hETR02PNhzksk1aM eyohetNJFXNBAHozAmDYP4sV7D/8JeKh7PJjwDCtu3QsH3SIq6CFeKkjxfwHInFCOQRy1/szcg6oi DHZ2/GJDA0wzRaz4rr232ECpLl8/Zg+0pqsuijarUxF3tDExDoLCbTvWTzub2oi+iEWMauj/PKQ84 S5IjsBboMeRoblIj1J0JJCHDRu/87uiT89l190Q9khcIV2MzMkksxYH5J0HiI2W3669CTPRGUIxUA DTHwI4uJA==; Received: from shell.armlinux.org.uk ([fd8f:7570:feb6:1:5054:ff:fe00:4ec]:45110) by pandora.armlinux.org.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lCn12-0003eq-JS; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:23:00 +0000 Received: from linux by shell.armlinux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lCn11-0006bR-BJ; Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:22:59 +0000 Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:22:59 +0000 From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin To: Jari Ruusu Cc: Willy Tarreau , Jari Ruusu , Scott Branden , Greg Kroah-Hartman , LKML , BCM Kernel Feedback , Linux ARM Subject: Re: 5.10 LTS Kernel: 2 or 6 years? Message-ID: <20210218172259.GJ1463@shell.armlinux.org.uk> References: <8cf503db-ac4c-a546-13c0-aac6da5c073b@broadcom.com> <20210218113107.GA12547@1wt.eu> <602E766F.758C74D8@users.sourceforge.net> <20210218143341.GB13671@1wt.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: Russell King - ARM Linux admin Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 05:19:54PM +0000, Jari Ruusu wrote: > In-tree iwlwifi worked half-ok on early 4.9.y stable. If > connection somehow de-autheticated (out of radio range or > whatever) it crashed the kernel spectacularly. Eventually that was > fixed and in-tree iwlwifi worked fine on 4.9.y and 4.14.y stable > kernels. On second half of year 2020 (don't remember exactly when) > iwlwifi started causing erratic behavior when some random process > terminated, as if some exit processing left some resources > un-freed or something weird like that. So you bisected the stable kernel, and reported the problem so the problem commit could be dealt with? -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTP is here! 40Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!