Re: [PATCH] ath5k: prevent infinite loop

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue May 19 2009 - 07:54:33 EST




On Tue, 19 May 2009, Bob Copeland wrote:

> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 09:32:42AM +0300, Nick Kossifidis wrote:
> > >> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testing.git;a=blob;f=drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/phy.c;h=d0d1c350025aebba1fe4e17a44550536a59951ba;hb=HEAD
>
> > -> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-testing.git;a=blob;f=drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/eeprom.c;h=c56b494d417acd40d445d922f2861b53cc2315df;hb=HEAD#l910
>
> Do these patches need to go to 2.6.30?
>

Considering that it locked up my box, I would think that it should. Well,
at least the change that checks for the infinite loop.

-- Steve

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