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Re: [PATCH] ath9k: Use GFP_ATOMIC when allocating private area

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On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 5:06 AM, Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/xmit.c
> @@ -1787,7 +1793,12 @@ int ath_tx_start(struct ath_softc *sc, struct sk_buff *skb,
>                return -1;
>        }
>
> -       ath_tx_setup_buffer(sc, bf, skb, txctl);
> +       ret = ath_tx_setup_buffer(sc, bf, skb, txctl);
> +       if (ret) {
> +               DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DBG_FATAL, "TX mem alloc failure\n");
> +               return ret;

Hm, this doesn't add the bf back to the txq, so we'd run out of bf's
completely when on low memory, eventually leaving the list always
empty. I'll resend with that added and a few more changes.

  Luis
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