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Re: [ath9k-devel] ath9k: race conditions in dma

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On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 16:17:23 +0100, BjÃrn Smedman <bjorn.smedman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have an application that creates and destroys a lot of ap vifs and
> does a lot of monitor frame injection. The recent ath9k rx locking
> fixes have helped with stability in this use-case but there still
> seems to be some tx/beacon related race condition(s). These manifests
> themselves as follows on an AR913x based router running
> compat-wireless-2010-10-19 (with locking fixes etc from openwrt):
> 
> 1. TX DMA hangs under simultaneous high RX and TX load
> 2. TX is completely hung but chip is never reset

I have also observed both of these behaviors with just a standard
hostapd single VIF configuration. Quite annoying. It seems to be better
with recent wireless-testing trees.

- Ben
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