On 01/15/2015 05:42 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:From: Troy Tan <troy_tan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The following bugs are fixed in this driver: 1. Problems parsing C2H CMD 2. An ad-hoc connection can cause a TX freeze. 3. There are additional conditions that cause a TX freeze. 4. The previous code failed to handle situations where an RX descriptor was unavailable. Signed-off-by: Troy Tan <troy_tan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Is this really so important that it should go to 3.19? A patch titled "Fix several bugs" immediately makes me cautious and then I look at the patch itself I see rewriting functions instead of simple bug fixes. From a quick look this looks more -next material than 3.19.
It is not a simple rewrite of functions. Tho mishandling of the descriptor ring buffer locks up the device and requires a cold boot. These patches prevent that from happening.
Yes, the patches are rather larger than I would like at the -rc4 stage, and I defer to your judgement. At least we have an external source of corrected code for users of 3.18 and 3.19.
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