From 6e97442105366adb25aa32c35d2fc97e29145064 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Fietkau Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:02:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: fix handling of tx headroom for padding (fixes #20556) Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau SVN-Revision: 47042 --- ...k-declare-required-extra-tx-headroom.patch | 22 +++++++++++++++++++ .../mac80211/patches/501-ath9k_ahb_init.patch | 2 +- .../patches/530-ath9k_extra_leds.patch | 2 +- .../patches/543-ath9k_entropy_from_adc.patch | 4 ++-- 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 package/kernel/mac80211/patches/336-ath9k-declare-required-extra-tx-headroom.patch diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/336-ath9k-declare-required-extra-tx-headroom.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/336-ath9k-declare-required-extra-tx-headroom.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4d88591828 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/336-ath9k-declare-required-extra-tx-headroom.patch @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +From: Felix Fietkau +Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:57:37 +0200 +Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: declare required extra tx headroom + +ath9k inserts padding between the 802.11 header and the data area (to +align it). Since it didn't declare this extra required headroom, this +led to some nasty issues like randomly dropped packets in some setups. + +Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org +Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau +--- + +--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c ++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c +@@ -875,6 +875,7 @@ static void ath9k_set_hw_capab(struct at + hw->max_rate_tries = 10; + hw->sta_data_size = sizeof(struct ath_node); + hw->vif_data_size = sizeof(struct ath_vif); ++ hw->extra_tx_headroom = 4; + + hw->wiphy->available_antennas_rx = BIT(ah->caps.max_rxchains) - 1; + hw->wiphy->available_antennas_tx = BIT(ah->caps.max_txchains) - 1; diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/501-ath9k_ahb_init.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/501-ath9k_ahb_init.patch index b4e9762969..5a3e37cebd 100644 --- a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/501-ath9k_ahb_init.patch +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/501-ath9k_ahb_init.patch @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c -@@ -1031,23 +1031,23 @@ static int __init ath9k_init(void) +@@ -1032,23 +1032,23 @@ static int __init ath9k_init(void) { int error; diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/530-ath9k_extra_leds.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/530-ath9k_extra_leds.patch index 8aab45aa30..3cfffa03e4 100644 --- a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/530-ath9k_extra_leds.patch +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/530-ath9k_extra_leds.patch @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void ath_fill_led_pin(struct ath_softc *sc) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c -@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ int ath9k_init_device(u16 devid, struct +@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ int ath9k_init_device(u16 devid, struct #ifdef CPTCFG_MAC80211_LEDS /* must be initialized before ieee80211_register_hw */ diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/543-ath9k_entropy_from_adc.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/543-ath9k_entropy_from_adc.patch index 49b6367424..fddaf562d5 100644 --- a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/543-ath9k_entropy_from_adc.patch +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/543-ath9k_entropy_from_adc.patch @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ } static const struct ieee80211_iface_limit if_limits[] = { -@@ -903,6 +904,18 @@ static void ath9k_set_hw_capab(struct at +@@ -904,6 +905,18 @@ static void ath9k_set_hw_capab(struct at SET_IEEE80211_PERM_ADDR(hw, common->macaddr); } @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int ath9k_init_device(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc, const struct ath_bus_ops *bus_ops) { -@@ -948,6 +961,8 @@ int ath9k_init_device(u16 devid, struct +@@ -949,6 +962,8 @@ int ath9k_init_device(u16 devid, struct ARRAY_SIZE(ath9k_tpt_blink)); #endif