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Re: memory clobber in rx path, maybe related to ath9k.

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2010/10/18 BjÃrn Smedman <bjorn.smedman@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 2010/10/15 BjÃrn Smedman <bjorn.smedman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> 2010/10/15 Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> > I tried the patch below, and it didn't seem to help. ÂMight even
>> > have hurt..as it died on divide-by-zero error:
>>
>> Hmm, looks like the ani code got a zero listen time from the hw...
>> That just might mean that the DMA actually hits one of these
>> descriptors. :)
>
> Am I the only one worried about this? Leaving a DMA descriptor
> pointing at memory which has been passed on to somebody else... To me
> that's like pointing a loaded gun at someone (and it seems this
> particular gun can go off a little haphazardly).
>
> Luis, given how hard it seems to be to get that locking and skb
> shoveling right, are you sure you want to keep pointing that DMA
> engine on innocent people's data?

This is why this issue is of high priority to me. I no longer get the
poison nor does Ben, the RX poison issue is resolved as far as I can
tell, I just need to split up the patches into easily reviewable
chunks and get them upstream.

  Luis
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