This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ath9k: fix rx descriptor related race condition
to the 3.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
ath9k-fix-rx-descriptor-related-race-condition.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From e96542e55a2aacf4bdeccfe2f17b77c4895b4df2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:59:15 +0200
Subject: ath9k: fix rx descriptor related race condition
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
commit e96542e55a2aacf4bdeccfe2f17b77c4895b4df2 upstream.
Similar to a race condition that exists in the tx path, the hardware
might re-read the 'next' pointer of a descriptor of the last completed
frame. This only affects non-EDMA (pre-AR93xx) devices.
To deal with this race, defer clearing and re-linking a completed rx
descriptor until the next one has been processed.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h | 5 +----
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ struct ath_config {
sizeof(struct ath_buf_state)); \
} while (0)
-#define ATH_RXBUF_RESET(_bf) do { \
- (_bf)->bf_stale = false; \
- } while (0)
-
/**
* enum buffer_type - Buffer type flags
*
@@ -314,6 +310,7 @@ struct ath_rx {
struct ath_buf *rx_bufptr;
struct ath_rx_edma rx_edma[ATH9K_RX_QUEUE_MAX];
+ struct ath_buf *buf_hold;
struct sk_buff *frag;
};
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ static void ath_rx_buf_link(struct ath_s
struct ath_desc *ds;
struct sk_buff *skb;
- ATH_RXBUF_RESET(bf);
-
ds = bf->bf_desc;
ds->ds_link = 0; /* link to null */
ds->ds_data = bf->bf_buf_addr;
@@ -106,6 +104,14 @@ static void ath_rx_buf_link(struct ath_s
sc->rx.rxlink = &ds->ds_link;
}
+static void ath_rx_buf_relink(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_buf *bf)
+{
+ if (sc->rx.buf_hold)
+ ath_rx_buf_link(sc, sc->rx.buf_hold);
+
+ sc->rx.buf_hold = bf;
+}
+
static void ath_setdefantenna(struct ath_softc *sc, u32 antenna)
{
/* XXX block beacon interrupts */
@@ -153,7 +159,6 @@ static bool ath_rx_edma_buf_link(struct
skb = bf->bf_mpdu;
- ATH_RXBUF_RESET(bf);
memset(skb->data, 0, ah->caps.rx_status_len);
dma_sync_single_for_device(sc->dev, bf->bf_buf_addr,
ah->caps.rx_status_len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
@@ -485,6 +490,7 @@ int ath_startrecv(struct ath_softc *sc)
if (list_empty(&sc->rx.rxbuf))
goto start_recv;
+ sc->rx.buf_hold = NULL;
sc->rx.rxlink = NULL;
list_for_each_entry_safe(bf, tbf, &sc->rx.rxbuf, list) {
ath_rx_buf_link(sc, bf);
@@ -734,6 +740,9 @@ static struct ath_buf *ath_get_next_rx_b
}
bf = list_first_entry(&sc->rx.rxbuf, struct ath_buf, list);
+ if (bf == sc->rx.buf_hold)
+ return NULL;
+
ds = bf->bf_desc;
/*
@@ -1974,7 +1983,7 @@ requeue:
if (edma) {
ath_rx_edma_buf_link(sc, qtype);
} else {
- ath_rx_buf_link(sc, bf);
+ ath_rx_buf_relink(sc, bf);
ath9k_hw_rxena(ah);
}
} while (1);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.4/ath9k-fix-rx-descriptor-related-race-condition.patch
queue-3.4/ath9k-always-clear-ps-filter-bit-on-new-assoc.patch
queue-3.4/ath9k-avoid-accessing-mrc-registers-on-single-chain-devices.patch
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