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SubjectRe: [PATCH 20/25] wimax/i2400m: fix i2400m->wake_tx_skb handling
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 03:19:55PM -0600, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-12-21 at 17:57 -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > i2400m_net_wake_tx() sets ->wake_tx_skb with the given skb if
> > ->wake_tx_ws is not pending; however, i2400m_wake_tx_work() could have
> > just started execution and haven't fetched -><wake_tx_skb yet. The
> > previous packet will be leaked.
> >
> > Update ->wake_tx_skb handling.
> >
> > * i2400m_net_wake_tx() now tests whether the previous ->wake_tx_skb
> > has been consumed by ->wake_tx_ws instead of testing work_pending().
> >
> > * i2400m_net_wake_stop() is simplified similarly. It always puts
> > ->wake_tx_skb if non-NULL.
> >
> > * Spurious ->wake_tx_skb dereference outside critical section dropped
> > from i2400m_wake_tx_work().
> >
> > Only compile tested.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
>
> Acked-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
>
> No regressions in a quick connection check to Clear and browsing a bunch
> of pages.

Applied to wq/for-3.9-cleanups.

Thanks!

--
tejun


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