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    SubjectRe: [ 38/89] ath9k: add a better fix for the rx tasklet vs rx flush race
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    On Fri, 2013-02-01 at 14:07 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
    > 3.7-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
    >
    > ------------------
    >
    > From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
    >
    > commit 7fc00a3054b70b1794c2d64db703eb467ad0365c upstream.
    >
    > Ensure that the rx tasklet is no longer running when entering the reset path.
    > Also remove the distinction between flush and no-flush frame processing.
    > If a frame has been received and ACKed by the hardware, the stack needs to see
    > it, so that the BA receive window does not go out of sync.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
    > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
    > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
    [...]

    Are this and the following 3 fixes required for earlier kernel versions
    )3.0, 3.2, 3.4)? If so, could you provide backports?

    Ben.

    --
    Ben Hutchings
    Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
    - Albert Einstein
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