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Re: [ath9k-devel] [ath9k] skbuff alloc of size 3872 failed

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On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 12/22/2010 11:22 AM, Matt Turner wrote:
>> With the ath9k driver, I get "skbuff alloc of size 3872 failed"
>>
>> I hit this again today after not using wireless for quite sometime. It
>> looks like it was originally reported against 2.6.35-rc1. Eric Dumazet
>> provided a patch which fixed the issue, but apparently it's still not
>> upstream. Why is this?
>>
>> If it is suitable for upstream inclusion, please take my Tested-by:
>> Matt Turner<mattst88@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/104271/
>
> I applied this patch and it seems to work fine, but there
> were some questions by Eric in the patchwork thread that should probably
> be answered by ath9k folks.
>
> For instance:
>
> IEEE80211_MAX_MPDU_LEN being 3840 + somebits is suspect, since it doesnt
> match 802.11 specs.
>
> It should be more close of 2304 + MAC header (32bytes) + FCS (4 bytes) ?
>
>
> Eric: ÂIf the patch is fine as is, and if you are too busy to
> submit it, I can do so with your Signed-off-by if you want.

Eric, also please make sure you read and understand what using a SOB means:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/SubmittingPatches;h=689e2371095cc5dfea9927120009341f369159aa;hb=HEAD#l309

  Luis
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