Re: ath9k crash 3.2-rc7

From: Mohammed Shafi
Date: Mon Jan 09 2012 - 02:30:33 EST


2012/1/9 MR <g7af0ec1e3ea1e7b1@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>  > > Around 23 hours have elapsed.
>  > >
>  >> WiFi seems to be working 100% of time. It is always at least lightly
>  >loaded.
>
> 45h - all OK.
>
>  > great and thanks a lot for testing!
>
> Doesn't really require _doing_ anything except building patched kernels. And
> it is in my best interest to test the driver for the WiFi card I use...
>
>  > rather than removing the suspicious code
>  > this is properly fixed by us with this patch.
>  > http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=132595161516806&w=2
>
> Ah, I saw the message and wondered whether it is the fix I needed and what
> patches should I apply.
>
> So, I am building 3.2 with two patches: over/under-flow catcher (pity that
> it seems to be on a multiple-times-per-second codepath and just leaving the
> checks there for everyone is suboptimal) and allegedely proper fix. Both
> applied OK with a small offset.

as per our assumption, we should not see those over/underflow errors,
with the patch
above mentioned. please let us know if you hit upon this warnings,
even after the proper fix.


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shafi
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