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Re: [PATCH 1/3] rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix deadlock

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Reto Schneider <code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Prevent code from calling itself indirectly, causing the driver to hang
> and consume 100% CPU.
> 
> Without this fix, the following script can bring down a single CPU
> system:
> ```
> while true; do
>   rmmod rtl8192cu
>   modprobe rtl8192cu
> done
> ```
> 
> Signed-off-by: Reto Schneider <code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ACKed-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

3 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

ec89032cd148 rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix deadlock
03128643eb54 rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Prevent leaking urb
a7f7c15e945a rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Free ieee80211_hw if probing fails

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11617759/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches




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