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SubjectRe: [ 08/12] mac80211: zero initialize count field in ieee80211_tx_rate
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On Mon, 2012-03-12 at 12:22 +0530, Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan wrote:
> Hi Willy,
>
> > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:06:23AM +0530, Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan wrote:
> >>> So I'm pretty sure this patch is wrong for 2.6.32; it could be
> >>> backported but I don't think the change is necessary anyway.
> >>
> >> true, but i think its better to initialize the count = 0 rather than
> >> count = 1, though the older version driver checks for rate[i].idx>= 0
> >> in ath_rc_tx_status. while the ath_tx_status has no such iteration in
> >> the older driver code.
> >
> > In practice, if the patch brings nothing and not even correctness, I'd
> > rather drop it than make us believe that some issue is fixed. However
> > if you think it does happen to fix a real issue in 2.6.32 (possibly
> > combined with some other missing patch), please tell me so and I will
> > happily undelete it.
> >
>
> we can drop it. also as there was no driver code checking for
> rate[i].count in the 2.6.32 driver. i am also not sure this fixes
> something in 2.6.32 but the patch itself is correct.
[...]

Please read and answer the *whole* of my earlier message. The later
code in the rate_control_get_rate() function in 2.6.32 does appear to
depend on .count = 1, and there may be code elsewhere that does so too.

Ben.

--
Ben Hutchings
Life would be so much easier if we could look at the source code.
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