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Re: [PATCH 3/3] iwlwifi: error checking for number of tfds in queue

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On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 12:34 -0800, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:01:41PM -0800, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> > From: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > When receive reply_tx and ready to decrement the count for number of
> > tfds in queue, do error checking to prevent error condition and
> > tfds_in_queue become negative number.
> > 
> > This fix starts to address
> > http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2160 by preventing
> > the bad situation from propagation when it does occur. This is needed while
> > the cause of the decrement error is still traced.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Since this apparently doesn't amount to a fix for the cited issue,
> it doesn't seem worth pusing for 2.6.33 at the moment.  Should I take
> it in wireless-next-2.6?  Or hold-out for a corrected version?

A version addressing Stanislaw's feedback is on its way. I apologize for
the delay. This patch does fix one instance of the issue and we would
like this fix to be included.

Reinette

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