Re: [patch 29/50] zd1211rw: Call ieee80211_rx in tasklet

From: John W. Linville
Date: Mon Jan 08 2007 - 10:35:49 EST


On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 06:28:22PM -0800, Chris Wright wrote:
> -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> ------------------
>
> From: Ulrich Kunitz <kune@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [PATCH] zd1211rw: Call ieee80211_rx in tasklet
>
> The driver called ieee80211_rx in hardware interrupt context. This has
> been against the intention of the ieee80211_rx function. It caused a bug
> in the crypto routines used by WPA. This patch calls ieee80211_rx in a
> tasklet.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Kunitz <kune@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

ACK

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