On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 08:33:55AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote: > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman > <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 04:36:38PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote: > >> fw_priv->buf is accessed in both request_firmware_load() and > >> writing to sysfs file of 'loading' context, but not protected > >> by 'fw_lock' entirely. The patch makes sure that access on > >> 'fw_priv->buf' is protected by the lock. > >> > >> So fixes the double abort problem reported by nirinA raseliarison: > >> > >> http://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/14/188 > >> > >> Reported-and-tested-by: nirinA raseliarison <nirina.raseliarison@xxxxxxxxx> > >> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > So this is a 3.9-stable thing? Anything newer than that? > > Yes, only 3.9-stable need this. > I may be missing something, but why would mainline not need it ? Or do you mean "mainline plus 3.9" ? Thanks, Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html