Re: [PATCH 4.9] brcmfmac: use correct skb freeing helper when deleting flowring

[RafaÅ MiÅecki]

On 27 September 2016 at 13:27, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On 27-9-2016 11:14, RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:
>>> From: RafaÅ MiÅecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Flowrings contain skbs waiting for transmission that were passed to us
>>> by netif. It means we checked every one of them looking for 802.1x
>>> Ethernet type. When deleting flowring we have to use freeing function
>>> that will check for 802.1x type as well.
>>>
>>> Freeing skbs without a proper check was leading to counter not being
>>> properly decreased. This was triggering a WARNING every time
>>> brcmf_netdev_wait_pend8021x was called.
>>
>> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: RafaÅ MiÅecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> Kalle: this isn't important enough for 4.8 as it's too late for that.
>>>
>>> I'd like to get it for 4.9 however, as this fixes bug that could lead
>>> to WARNING on every add_key/del_key call. We was struggling with these
>>> WARNINGs for some time and this fixes one of two problems causing them.
>
> Ok, I'll queue this for 4.9.
>
>> Please mark it for stable as well.
>
> I can add that. Any ideas how old releases stable releases should this
> go to?

I was analyzing this.
1) This patch uses brcmf_get_ifp which is available in 4.4+ only.
2) It applies cleanly to 4.5+ only due to 32f90caa7debd ("brcmfmac:
Increase nr of supported flowrings.")
3) 4.4 would also require applying to the patch without broadcom/ subdir

That said I suggest 4.5+. Any objections?

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RafaÅ