Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [ 38/89] ath9k: add a better fix for the rx tasklet vs rx flush race | From | Ben Hutchings <> | Date | Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:15:27 +0100 |
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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.
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