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Re: [PATCH v1.2] Revert "iwlwifi: assign directly to iwl_trans->cfg in QuZ detection"

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On Tue, 2019-12-03 at 09:08 +0000, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, 2019-12-03 at 07:39 +0000, Kalle Valo wrote:
> > > Anders Kaseorg <andersk@xxxxxxx> writes:
> > > 
> > > > This reverts commit 968dcfb4905245dc64d65312c0d17692fa087b99.
> > > > 
> > > > Both that commit and commit 809805a820c6445f7a701ded24fdc6bbc841d1e4
> > > > attempted to fix the same bug (dead assignments to the local variable
> > > > cfg), but they did so in incompatible ways. When they were both merged,
> > > > independently of each other, the combination actually caused the bug to
> > > > reappear, leading to a firmware crash on boot for some cards.
> > > > 
> > > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205719
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@xxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > [Nope it was more than just format=flowed damage. This one should be
> > > > better for real.]
> > > 
> > > This is nitpicking but as a general comment I would prefer to use simple
> > > version numbering v2, v3 and so on. Trying to sort v1.2 in a script is
> > > awful. So calling this version v3 is very much preferred, it's not like
> > > we are running out of numbers :)
> > 
> > Kalle, this patch makes sense.  There was some merge damage because the
> > functions were moved around and the local variables' names have
> > changed, causing this mess.
> > 
> > Can you please take this patch to v5.4 fixes when you're satisfied?
> 
> Ok, I assigned this to myself and queue for v5.5.

Thanks! And yeah, I meant v5.5, obviously.  It should reach v5.4 as
part of stable.

--
Cheers,
Luca.




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