On Thu, 2018-09-13 at 19:52 +0200, Stefan Sperling wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 08:44:05AM -0400, Xavier Guerin wrote:
> > > Synopsis: Kernel crash in IWM driver after resume from sleep
> > > Category: kernel
> > > Environment:
> > 
> >     System      : OpenBSD 6.4
> >     Details     : OpenBSD 6.4-beta (GENERIC.MP) #292: Mon Sep 10
> > 18:26:22 MDT 2018
> >                      dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/am
> > d64/compile/GENERIC.MP
> > 
> >     Architecture: OpenBSD.amd64
> >     Machine     : amd64
> > > Description:
> > 
> >     IWM is connected to a 802.11G network then the machine is put
> > to sleep.
> >     After several hours, when the machine resumes it ends up in DDB
> > after maybe
> >     5 minutes crashing in the IWM driver.
> > > How-To-Repeat:
> > 
> >     1. Connect the IWM device to a network.
> >     2. Put the machine to sleep.
> >     3. Wait for some hours.
> >     4. Resume.
> > > Fix:
> > 
> >     Disconnect from WiFi before sleeping.   
> 
> If 5 minutes have passed since resume it seems unlikely that a
> suspend/resume cycle would have anything to do with this crash.
> Note that suspend/resume completely powers down the device and
> will cause a new association to be created with an access point.
> The post-resume state is as good as new, just like after a reboot.
> 
> The DDB trace looks more like the driver was reading or writing
> beyond buffers when the firmware received some particular frame.
> 
> Can you try this diff? It makes the input length checks in
> this driver a bit more precise and careful.

Sure thing, thanks. I'm building a patched kernel as we speak and will
reboot into it later today. I'll let you know if the problem occurs
again.

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