Hello Luis, Thanks for the feedback. One simple question below. On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:35:06 +0500 "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Sergei Poselenov > <sposelenov@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On our system (ARM Cortex-M3 SOC running linux-2.6.33 with > > compat-wireless-3.4-rc3-1 modules configured for rt2x00) frequent > > crashes were observed in rt2800usb module because of the invalid > > length of the received packet (3392, 46920...). This patch adds > > the sanity check on the packet legth. In case of the bad length, > > mark the packet as with CRC error. > > Nice find! However this is a *real* patch that must go upstream, so > you should submit it to the rt2800usb maintainers and also mark the > patch as a stable fix. You mark the patch as a stable fix by appending > at the bottom of the commit log message: Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. > For example: > Before I did something stupid with my patch, here is what I'm going to do to make it reviewed in upsteam: - Reapply and retest on compat-wireless-3.5.1-1-snpc.tar.bz2 - According to the http://linuxwireless.org/en/developers/maintainers send the patch to M: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@xxxxxxxxx> M: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@xxxxxxxxx> M: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> and CC to linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - Add the "Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" before my "Signed-off-by" tag, as suggested in the example below. Is that correct? Thanks is advance. After I will submit it to the mainline, I will try to provide the patch to the linux-next-pending. Regards, Sergei Poselenov, Emcraft Systems > commit e19f15ac6437624b6214b2f0ec0d69fb7eb205fa > Author: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu Aug 9 12:37:26 2012 +0530 > > ath9k: stop btcoex on device suspend > > During suspend, the device will be moved to FULLSLEEP state. > As btcoex is never been stopped, the btcoex timer is running > and tries to access hw on fullsleep state. Fix that. > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan <rmanohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Once you submit if you want it merged into a stable compat-wireless > release even before Greg Kroah-Hartman can apply it and make a new > 3.4.10 release (by the time you submit maybe 3.4.11 maybe) you can > send the patch to be applied to the driver in compat-wirelss by > submitting it to be part of the linux-next-pending/ directory. In > there are patches that are at least posted publicly. The format of the > patch there is to be in a full patch. If you have doubts check out the > compat-wireless-3.5.1-1-snpc.tar.bz2 release which has patches in all > of these directories: > > * pending-stable/ > * linux-next-pending/ > * linux-next-cherry-picks/ > * crap/ > > At this point you may also want to consider upgrading to > compat-wireless-3.5.1-1-snpc.tar.bz2. I should note that to send > patches for the 3.4 stable release of compat-wireless you should use > the linux-3.4.y branch. The same applies to the 3.5 release, you'd use > the linux-3.5.y branch. Except for patches for files in the above > directories I also require all patches merged into the stable branches > to be in the master branch first -- this follows the kernel's on > policy on stable releases. > > The compat-wireless project is also now renamed to "compat-drivers" > and we have a new mailing list and home page for the project. New > releases based under the new name will start as of the v3.7 releases. > For more details please see: > > https://backports.wiki.kernel.org > > Please have a read here with regards for documentation of the > additional patches for compat-drivers. > > https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Documentation/compat-drivers/additional-patches > > Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
