ath9k: fix rx descriptor related race condition
authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Sat, 10 Aug 2013 13:59:15 +0000 (15:59 +0200)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Sat, 26 Oct 2013 20:05:58 +0000 (21:05 +0100)
commit42cb87a101c3fd0e080e9605ee70275efdcc8280
tree06ca210e7543b962d67a81309d03aab794313127
parentf4dc9ffcb6227d10335af8be77c0f9a1a43f2578
ath9k: fix rx descriptor related race condition

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@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c