On 12/06/2009 02:40 PM, Gertjan van Wingerde wrote: > On 12/05/09 00:32, Andi Kleen wrote: >> [Rafael, something for your regression list] >> >> I upgraded a system which was running 2.6.30 to 2.6.32. >> It has a >> >> 06:02.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI >> >> wireless PCI card. Now regularly even under moderate traffic >> I see messages like >> >> phy0 -> rt2x00queue_write_tx_frame: Error - Arrived at non-free entry in the non-full queue 2. >> Please file bug report to http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com. >> >> and loss of connectivity, often until the wireless connection >> is restarted. This wasn't the case in 2.6.30, there the driver >> ran stable without any problems. The problem currently >> happens every few minutes. >> > > Andi, Tim, > > Both of you have reported this problem on 2.6.32. > > In the past this always has occurred due to queue locking problems. This led me > to audit the queue locking code, and that certainly looked suspicious to me. > > Would you be able to test whether the attached test patch fixes the problem for > you. The patch basically applies proper queue locking to the code, although in > a very course manner. The patch is relative to 2.6.32. > > Note: I am not 100% sure that this is where the problem is, but at least the test > patch should confirm whether I am searching in the right direction. the patch didn't cleanly apply to v2.6.32 and the patched kernel didn't boot ... which tree should it be applied on? tim -- tim@xxxxxxxxxx http://tim.klingt.org Im übrigen ist es gescheiter, sich warm zuzudecken als sich zu betrinken. Werner Schwab
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