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Re: [PATCH] ath9k: Don't trust TX status TID number when reporting airtime

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Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:

> As already noted a comment in ath_tx_complete_aggr(), the hardware will
> occasionally send a TX status with the wrong tid number. If we trust the
> value, airtime usage will be reported to the wrong AC, which can cause the
> deficit on that AC to become very low, blocking subsequent attempts to
> transmit.
> 
> To fix this, account airtime usage to the TID number from the original skb,
> instead of the one in the hardware TX status report.
> 
> Reported-by: Miguel Catalan Cid <miguel.catalan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

389b72e58259 ath9k: Don't trust TX status TID number when reporting airtime

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10843731/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches




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