| Message ID | 1443106786-67564-1-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Delegated to: | Kalle Valo |
| Headers | show |
> 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 <nbd@openwrt.org> Thanks, applied to wireless-drivers.git. Kalle Valo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c index 57f95f2..90eb750 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c @@ -880,6 +880,7 @@ static void ath9k_set_hw_capab(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_hw *hw) 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;
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 <nbd@openwrt.org> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)