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Re: [PATCH] ath9k: remove fragmentation workaround again

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On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 18:39 +0200, Jouni Malinen wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 12:26:14PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > Looking at the RC algorithm this is no longer necessary.
> 
> > Untested, but the error that used to happen will no longer happen since
> > now the sub-structure is assigned by the driver, in rate_driver_data,
> > per fragment.
> 
> Thanks! Based on a quick test, fragmentation was working with this
> patch. I never tested the old issue, so I'm not sure what exactly was
> failing, but anyway, I do see fragments in a sniffer log and the device
> did not crash ;-).

Heh, well, the broken rc algorithm would end up with a double-free and
slub/slab/slob being very unhappy.

johannes

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