Re: regression in iwlwifi: page fault in iwl_dbg_tlv_alloc_region() (commit ba8f6f4ae254)

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Tue Jan 12 2021 - 06:34:12 EST


(adding luca)

Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx> writes:

> FYI, there is a regression in iwlwifi driver caused by commit
> ba8f6f4ae254 ("iwlwifi: dbg: add dumping special device memory")
> reported at
>
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210733
> https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180344
>
> The problem seems to be an attempt to write terminating null character
> into a string which may be read only. There is also a proposed fix.

Can someone submit a proper patch, please? See instructions below how to
submit.

And please add Fixes tag to the commit log:

Fixes: ba8f6f4ae254 ("iwlwifi: dbg: add dumping special device memory")

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