Summary: | kernel-2.6.22 mac80211 deadlock bug and fix | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Renato Caldas <seventhguardian> |
Component: | [OLD] Core system | Assignee: | Daniel Drake (RETIRED) <dsd> |
Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
Severity: | critical | CC: | kernel, StormByte |
Priority: | High | ||
Version: | 2006.1 | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
URL: | http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=118436322132249&w=2 | ||
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Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Renato Caldas
2007-07-14 00:38:14 UTC
Thanks, will include in next release (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 No. We will backport the fix and mark 2.6.22 stable in the usual timeframe. (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? bug fixes (which affect you): yes, file a bug everything else: no Fixed in gentoo-sources-2.6.22-r2 (genpatches-2.6.22-3) |