In commit 40b368af4b75 ("rtlwifi: Fix alignment issues"), the read of REG_DBI_READ was changed from 16 to 8 bits. For unknown reasonsi this change results in reduced stability for the wireless connection. This regression was located using bisection. Fixes: 40b368af4b75 ("rtlwifi: Fix alignment issues") Reported-and-tested-by: James Cameron <quozl@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.11+ Cc: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/hw.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/hw.c index 3571ce4bd276..ac2ce86de506 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/hw.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/hw.c @@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ static u8 _rtl8821ae_dbi_read(struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv, u16 addr) } if (0 == tmp) { read_addr = REG_DBI_RDATA + addr % 4; - ret = rtl_read_byte(rtlpriv, read_addr); + ret = rtl_read_word(rtlpriv, read_addr); } return ret; } -- 2.12.3