185255 2007-07-14 00:38 0000 kernel-2.6.22 mac80211 deadlock bug and fix 2007-07-28 16:01:44 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Core system 2006.1 All Linux RESOLVED FIXED http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=118436322132249&w=2 P2 critical --- 1 seventhguardian@gmail.com dsd@gentoo.org kernel@gentoo.org StormByte@gmail.com seventhguardian@gmail.com 2007-07-14 00:38:14 0000 Hello, There's a bug in mac80211 (included recently in the 2.6.22 kernel) that can cause some bad deadlocks. In my case I found the problem in iwlwifi in conjunction with wpa_supplicant. There is already a patch in wireless-dev that should be included in the mainline kernel, but before it does the patch can be included in the gentoo-kernel patchset. The relevant thread is here: http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=118436322132249&w=2 The patch that fixes it is here: http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=118309770324214&q=p5 Cheers, Renato dsd@gentoo.org 2007-07-22 04:48:01 0000 Thanks, will include in next release StormByte@gmail.com 2007-07-23 12:17:17 0000 (In reply to comment #0) > Hello, > > There's a bug in mac80211 (included recently in the 2.6.22 kernel) that can > cause some bad deadlocks. In my case I found the problem in iwlwifi in > conjunction with wpa_supplicant. > > There is already a patch in wireless-dev that should be included in the > mainline kernel, but before it does the patch can be included in the > gentoo-kernel patchset. > > The relevant thread is here: > http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=118436322132249&w=2 > > The patch that fixes it is here: > http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=118309770324214&q=p5 > > Cheers, > Renato > Next version of vanilla's kernel will include this patch and other things related to mac80211 too (packed injection, etc..). I suggest waiting to kernel 2.6.23 to test, and never have 2.6.22 marked as stable. See http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.23-rc1 dsd@gentoo.org 2007-07-23 19:22:17 0000 No. We will backport the fix and mark 2.6.22 stable in the usual timeframe. StormByte@gmail.com 2007-07-23 20:07:10 0000 (In reply to comment #3) > No. We will backport the fix and mark 2.6.22 stable in the usual timeframe. > Ok, any possibility to have the other mac80211 usefull patches besides this one as well in next release? dsd@gentoo.org 2007-07-23 20:27:27 0000 bug fixes (which affect you): yes, file a bug everything else: no dsd@gentoo.org 2007-07-28 16:01:44 0000 Fixed in gentoo-sources-2.6.22-r2 (genpatches-2.6.22-3)