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RE: [PATCH v2 0/3] rtw89: fix crash when loading firmware file on certain platforms

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kvalo=codeaurora.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <kvalo=codeaurora.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Kalle
> Valo
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2021 2:17 PM
> To: Pkshih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; tiwai@xxxxxxx; Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] rtw89: fix crash when loading firmware file on certain platforms
> 
> Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > First patch is to avoid writing "partition size" on read-only firmware
> > buffer, so it has to fix the crash.
> > The later two patches are used to make the semantics clear, but they don't
> > change the logic at all.
> >
> > I hope at least first patch can be taken into 5.16-rc, so people can avoid
> > this crash.
> >
> > v2: Add Buglink and Tested-by tags.
> >
> > Ping-Ke Shih (3):
> >   rtw89: update partition size of firmware header on skb->data
> >   rtw89: add const in the cast of le32_get_bits()
> >   rtw89: use inline function instead macro to set H2C and CAM
> >
> >  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/cam.h  |  468 ++++--
> >  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c   |    2 +-
> >  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.h   | 1768 ++++++++++++---------
> >  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/txrx.h |   46 +-
> >  4 files changed, 1370 insertions(+), 914 deletions(-)
> 
> Patch 1 should definitely go to wireless-drivers to fix the crash. But
> I'm not sure about patches 2-3, they are quite large, and more like
> cleanup than fixes, so wireless-drivers-next sounds more approriate to
> me. But I can't decide, any thoughts on this?

Without patches 2-3, "future" hotfixes may be hard to merge, but
I don't know if it will happen. My question is how I can deal with
hotfix that can't auto merge; maybe, I can prepare separate patch,
correct? If so, I think we can only take patch 1 to wireless-drivers.

--
Ping-Ke




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