Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2017-01-19

Re: [PATCH v3] brcmfmac: fix incorrect event channel deduction

From: Kalle Valo <hidden>
Date: 2017-01-19 08:51:13
Also in: stable

Gavin Li [off-list ref] writes:
I think calling this a performance regression is a bit understated; my
download speed jumped from 1Mbit/s back up to 40MBit/s after applying
the patch due to the sheer amount of packets being incorrectly
processed.

In addition, processing arbitrary data frames as firmware events might
be a security vulnerability.
You should always mention valuable information like this in the commit
log, don't make us maintainers (and others) guessing the symptoms and
impact.

-- 
Kalle Valo
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