Larry Finger <larry.fin...@lwfinger.net> wrote:
> This reverts commit d86e64768859fca82c78e52877ceeba04e25d27a.
>
> For drivers rtl8188ee, rtl8192ce, rtl8192ee, rtl8723ae, and rtl8821ae,
> the Coccinelle script missed the fact that the code changes the firmware
> name. When that happens, the kernel issues a BUG splat because
> it is unable to overwrite the old name.
>
> Although this bug only affects 5 of the 8 drivers it touched, I decided to
> revert the entire patch. Continuing to constantify the other three could
> too easily lead to introduction of future bugs.
>
> Fixes: d86e64768859 ("rtlwifi: rtl818x: constify local structures")
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <larry.fin...@lwfinger.net>
> Cc: Stable <sta...@vger.kernel.org>
> Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.law...@lip6.fr>
Dropping as requested.
Patch set to Superseded.
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