On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:48:56 +0100,
Kalle Valo wrote:
>
> Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > The commit ba8f6f4ae254 ("iwlwifi: dbg: add dumping special device
> > memory") added a termination of name string just to be sure, and this
> > seems causing a regression, a GPF triggered at firmware loading.
> > Basically we shouldn't modify the firmware data that may be provided
> > as read-only.
> >
> > This patch drops the code that caused the regression and keep the tlv
> > data as is.
> >
> > Fixes: ba8f6f4ae254 ("iwlwifi: dbg: add dumping special device memory")
> > BugLink: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180344
> > BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210733
> > Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
>
> I'm planning to queue this to v5.11. Should I add cc stable?
Yes, it hits 5.10.y.
> Luca, can I have your ack?
It'd be great if this fix goes in quickly.
BTW, I thought network people don't want to have Cc-to-stable in the
patch, so I didn't put it by myself. Is this rule still valid?
thanks,
Takashi
