Re: [PATCH stable-4.4 1/2] brcmfmac: Ensure pointer correctly set if skb data location changes

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On 9-5-2017 14:29, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 02:17:59PM +0200, Arend Van Spriel wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 9-5-2017 14:14, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 11:21:13AM +0100, Arend van Spriel wrote:
>>>> From: James Hughes <james.hughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> commit 455a1eb4654c24560eb9dfc634f29cba3d87601e upstream
>>>>
>>>> The incoming skb header may be resized if header space is
>>>> insufficient, which might change the data adddress in the skb.
>>>> Ensure that a cached pointer to that data is correctly set by
>>>> moving assignment to after any possible changes.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: James Hughes <james.hughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> This patch should be applied to the linux-4.4.y and linux-4.1.y
>>>> branches.
>>>
>>> Now applied to the 4.4 trees.  I've also added it to 3.18, thanks for
>>> the patches!
>>
>> Ok. I did not check 3.18 as it is marked EOL on kernel.org. I checked
>> just now and the patch does not apply to 3.18 as is.
> 
> Well, I renamed the file in the diff and all was fine :)
> 
> And yes, it does say EOL on kernel.org, I'm just maintaining it on my
> own for a bit, no need for you to take extra time on your end.

Thanks. btw did you queue it for 4.1 as well. I indicated it above, but
I did not get the usual "patch has been added..." email for 4.1.

Regards,
Arend



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