Bug 1386973. Infinite loop in pci_get_rom_size()

[Federico]

Bug's fixed upstream.

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/pci/rom.c

Do you think it is reasonable to backport it to Ubuntu's supported kernels?


2015-01-16 15:51 GMT-03:00 Andy Whitcroft <apw at canonical.com>:

> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 10:15:29AM -0300, Federico wrote:
> > Hi.
> > I wanted to bring your attention to this bug which has a working patch.
> >
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-trusty/+bug/1386973
> >
> > I don't know what's the best way to get this integrated in future
> kernels,
> > but I would also love to have this integrated in stable kernels as I
> think
> > I'll be using them for a while.
> >
> > This bug is in all kernels. I tested 14.04, 14.10 and daily images from
> > 15.04. All loop forever on boot with my video card when trying to use
> KMS.
> >
> > There are panic stack traces attached.
> >
> > It has been discussed here
> >
> >
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2015-January/thread.html#75204
> >
> > And the solution was provided here:
> >
> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2015-January/075488.html
>
> Generally we wait for those kinds of fixes to get applied to at least
> the maintainers tree as then we know it has had some review, before
> exposing our users to it.
>
> -apw
>
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