Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Use list iterators and helpers

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Fri Jun 04 2021 - 20:54:41 EST


On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 07:26:33PM +0200, Fabio Aiuto wrote:
> Hello Guenter,
>
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 10:33:01AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > The rtl8723bs driver manually re-implements list helper functions
> > and macros in various ways. Replace with existing list helpers.
>
> I'm testing rtl8723bs on a baytrail tablet (Lenovo Ideapad MIIX 300-10IBY)
> and applying the tag staging-5.13-rc4, loading r8723bs makes the whole
> system freezing while trying to connect to local AP.
>
> Only a power off is allowed.
>
> I found that commit b3cd518c5abd42fbc747ef55a5fdc40bf7bf01c0
> (staging: rtl8723bs: Use list iterators and helpers)
> introduced the bug.
>
> I'm trying to find out what's wrong with this patch, have you any suggestions?

Some of the iterators needed the _safe variant which I didn't take into account.
I thought that was fixed, but maybe some locations were missed.

Guenter