Some devices like TP-Link TL-WN722N produces this kind of messages frequently. kernel: ath: phy0: Short RX data len, dropping (dlen: 4) This warning is useful for developers to recognize that the device (Wi-Fi dongle or USB hub etc) is noisy but not for general users. So this patch make this warning to debug message. Reported-By: Denis <pro.denis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Ref: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207539 Fixes: cd486e627e67 ("ath9k_htc: Discard undersized packets") Signed-off-by: Masashi Honma <masashi.honma@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c index 9cec5c216e1f..118e5550b10c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c @@ -999,9 +999,9 @@ static bool ath9k_rx_prepare(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv, * which are not PHY_ERROR (short radar pulses have a length of 3) */ if (unlikely(!rs_datalen || (rs_datalen < 10 && !is_phyerr))) { - ath_warn(common, - "Short RX data len, dropping (dlen: %d)\n", - rs_datalen); + ath_dbg(common, ANY, + "Short RX data len, dropping (dlen: %d)\n", + rs_datalen); goto rx_next; } -- 2.17.1