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Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] iwlwifi fixes for 2.6.33 and stable

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On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 03:47:31PM -0800, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> I am excluding "iwlwifi: set HT flags after channel in rxon" from this
> resend since it has been merged into wireless-2.6 already.
> 
> We address
> http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2160 where it can be
> seen that there are instances where the number of freed tfds are negative,
> which is triggered by the receipt of a TX response with incorrect frame
> control.

For user perspective this make network dies (no possibility to send any
data) without any error in dmesg.

> We include two patches to (1) prevent the problem from
> occuring, and (2) prevent the problem from propagating when it does occur.

I confirm patches fix the issue. Tested on 2.6.33-rc8 and 2.6.32.
For .32 patch (2) does not apply, I had to change it. I'll send 
modified patch in next email.

Cheers
Stanislaw
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