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2010-09-27Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_init.c net/ipv4/ip_output.c
2010-09-21Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 into for-davem Conflicts: arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3pandora.c drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
2010-09-21Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6
2010-09-21ath9k: make the driver specific rate control module optionalFelix Fietkau
ath9k can use minstrel_ht instead, so it makes sense to save some space here. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath9k: move ath_tx_aggr_check() to the rate control moduleFelix Fietkau
It is not used anywhere else and can be made static Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath9k: clean up / fix aggregation session flushFelix Fietkau
The tid aggregation cleanup is a bit fragile, as it discards failed subframes in some places, and retransmits them in others. This could block the cleanup of an existing aggregation session, if a retransmission for a tid is issued, yet the tid is never scheduled again because of the cleanup state. Fix this by getting rid of as many subframes as possible, as early as possible, and immediately transmitting pending subframes as regular HT frames instead of waiting for the cleanup to complete. Drop all pending subframes while keeping track of the Block ACK window during aggregate tx completion to prevent sending out stale subframes, which could confuse the receiver side. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath9k: fix an aggregation start related race conditionFelix Fietkau
A new aggregation session start can be issued by mac80211, even when the cleanup of the previous session has not completed yet. Since the data structure for the session is not recreated, this could corrupt the block ack window and lock up the aggregation session. Fix this by delaying the new session until the old one has been cleaned up. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath9k: clean up block ack window handlingFelix Fietkau
There's no reason to keep pointers to pending tx buffers around, if they're only used to keep track of which frames are still pending. Use a bitfield instead. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21wl1271: bugfix: use bitwise-AND instead of logical-ANDEliad Peller
typo - while looking for specific bits we should do a bitwise-AND instead of logical-AND. Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@wizery.com> Acked-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21wl1271: avoid redundant memcpy of rx_statusEliad Peller
copy the rx_status directly to skb->cb (control buffer) instead of copying it to a local struct and then copying it again (for each rx packet) Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliad@wizery.com> Acked-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21carl9170: fix hang in AP mode when HT STA does PSMChristian Lamparter
This is a obvious bug, skb_queue_walk does not work if the iterator gets removed from the queue. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21carl9170: reinit phy after HT settings have changedChristian Lamparter
The driver has a set of different initvals for 20 MHz vs dynamic HT2040 operation. Because we can't change some of the registers "in-flight", the driver needs to perform a warm reset. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21carl9170: fix state downgrade during resetChristian Lamparter
Don't mark the device as completely dead just yet. If all goes to plan and carl9170_reboot succeeds then we can skip the expensive userspace-driven reinitialization anyway. And if it doesn't and carl9170_reboot fails, then carl9170_usb_cancel_urbs will do the necessary steps. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21carl9170: abort tasklet during usb resetChristian Lamparter
This patch prevents the tasklet code from interfering while the firmware is down for an unscheduled maintenance. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21carl9170: don't load bogus nf of chain 1Christian Lamparter
According to Atheros, chain 1 is not connected. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21carl9170: fix noise dBm conversionChristian Lamparter
Ever since carl9170 gained support to read the noisefloor, the reported noisefloor level was pretty poor. Initially I assumed that something was wrong in the PHY setup and it would be impossible to fix without any guidances. But this was not the case. In fact the nf readings were correct and the thing that was broken was the "simple" sign extension code! Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21carl9170: use rx chainmask from eepromChristian Lamparter
The eeprom provides a mask for all present rx chains. Why not use it instead of the generic initval default? Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath5k: Add tx queue configuration functionBruno Randolf
Add the mac80211 callback function to configure the tx queue properties like cw_min, cw_max and aifs. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath5k: Simplify cw_min/max and AIFS configurationBruno Randolf
Get rid of overly complicated cw_min/max and AIFS configuration: * Validate values in ath5k_hw_set_tx_queueprops(), so we can use them directly without further checks or computation in ath5k_hw_reset_tx_queue(). * Simplifiy by using AR5K_TUNE_AIFS|CWMIN|CWMAX variables directly since we don't support XR or B channels. That way we can also remove AR5K_TXQ_USEDEFAULT and the confusing logic around it. * Update data types: AIFS is u8, CW's are u16. * Remove now unneeded variables in ath5k_hw. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath5k: Keep last descriptor in queueBruno Randolf
If we return a TX descriptor to the pool of available descriptors, while a queues TXDP still points to it we could potentially run into all sorts of troube. It has been suggested that there is hardware which can set the descriptors done bit before it reads ds_link and moves on to the next descriptor. While the documentation says this is not true for newer chipsets (the descriptor contents are copied to some internal memory), we don't know about older hardware. To be safe, we always keep the last descriptor in the queue, and avoid dangling TXDP pointers. Unfortunately this does not fully resolve the problem - queues still get stuck! This is similar to what ath9k does. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath5k: Count how many times a queue got stuckBruno Randolf
Add a counter to show how many times a queue got stuck in the debugfs queue file. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath5k: Add watchdog for stuck TX queuesBruno Randolf
Since we do not know any better solution to the problem that TX queues can get stuck, this adds a timer-based watchdog, which will check for stuck queues and reset the hardware if necessary. Ported from ath9k commit 164ace38536849966ffa377b1b1132993a5a375d. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath5k: Move tx frame completion into separate functionBruno Randolf
Clearer separation between queue handling and what we do with completed frames. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath5k: Fix TX queues stoppingBruno Randolf
It does not make sense to stop queues for NF calibration. This will not stop transmissions from the card, if there are queued packets. If we run out of TX buffers we need to stop all queues, not only one. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath5k: Fix queue debug fileBruno Randolf
Take txq lock in debug file and fix reporting of used buffers. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath5k: Use four hardware queuesBruno Randolf
Prepare ath5k for WME by using four hardware queues. The way we set up our queues matches the mac80211 queue priority 1:1, so we don't have to do any mapping for queue numbers. Every queue uses 50 of the total 200 available transmit buffers, so the DMA memory usage does not increase with this patch, but it might be good to fine-tune the number of buffers per queue later (depending on the CPU speed and load, and the speed of the medium access, it might not be big enough). Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath5k: reorder base.c to remove fwd declsBob Copeland
This change reorganizes the main ath5k file in order to re-group related functions and remove most of the forward declarations (from 61 down to 3). This is, unfortunately, a lot of churn, but there should be no functional changes. Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21ath/ath5k/ath9k: Fix crypto capabilities merge issueBruno Randolf
Fixing up a merge issue / concurrent development: Remove unneeded ath_crypt_caps flags, as per "ath9k_hw: remove useless hw capability flags" (364734fafbba0c3133e482db78149b9a823ae7a5), but set the AESCCM flag for ath9k. common ath code still needs a flag for this because there is ath5k hardware which can't do AES in hardware. Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <br1@einfach.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21carl9170: update AR9170 phy initvalsChristian Lamparter
This patch is loosely based on an ath9k patch called: "ath9k_hw: sync initvals for ar9001 and ar9002 with Atheros" It includes the following changes/fixes: - AGC setting improvements - timing changes for improved performance Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21wl1271: make ref_clock configurable by boardOhad Ben-Cohen
The wl1271 device is using a reference clock that may change between board to board. Make the ref_clock parameter configurable by board settings instead of having a hard coded value in the sources. Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21wl1271: take irq info from private board dataOhad Ben-Cohen
Remove the hard coded irq information, and instead take the irq information from the board's platform data. Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21wl12xx: add platform data passing supportOhad Ben-Cohen
Add a simple mechanism to pass platform data to the SDIO instances of wl12xx. This way there is no confusion over who owns the 'embedded data', typechecking is preserved, and no possibility for the wrong driver to pick up the data. Originally proposed by Russell King. Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21wl1271: propagate set_power's return valueOhad Ben-Cohen
Make it possible for the set power method to indicate a success/failure return value. This is needed to support more complex power on/off operations such as SDIO power manipulations. Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com> Acked-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-21wl12xx: make wl12xx.h common to both spi and sdioOhad Ben-Cohen
Move wl12xx.h outside of the spi-specific location, so it can be shared with both spi and sdio solutions. Update all users of spi/wl12xx.h accordingly Signed-off-by: Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com> Acked-by: Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@nokia.com> Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-17iwlagn: initialize both tx/rx prio boost parametersWey-Yi Guy
For config bt command, initialize both tx_prio_boost and rx_prio_boost to "0". Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
2010-09-17iwlagn: minor coex API changesWey-Yi Guy
Adding two new parameters in config bt API. these two parameters use the 3 reserved bytes, so there is no structure size changes. Make sure set both parameters to "zero" in order to preserve previous behavior. Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
2010-09-17iwlagn: correct naming for failure reply tx statusWey-Yi Guy
For failure tx status 0x90 and 0x91, give the correct name to reflect the errors. Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
2010-09-17iwlwifi: corrections to debug output of ucode statisticsJay Sternberg
remove duplicate header and clean up format so it is defined once making changes consolicated ensuring consistancy of output. no function change to date displayed. Signed-off-by: Jay Sternberg <jay.e.sternberg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
2010-09-17iwlagn: adding aggregated frame failure status to debugfsWey-Yi Guy
Addition to standard tx frame failure report, adding aggregated frame failure report to debugfs Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
2010-09-17iwlagn: keep track of aggregated tx frames failure counterWey-Yi Guy
When uCode completed the aggregated frames transmission attempt, it will send tx command response with aggregated frame status. Keep track of the failure counter which help indicate any transmission error condition. Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
2010-09-17iwlagn: log aggregation tx command statusWey-Yi Guy
For aggregated frames with block ack, different status flag will be used as part of tx command response. Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
2010-09-17iwlagn: keep track of failure tx statusWey-Yi Guy
Tx command response sent to host by uCode after completed the transmission attempt. The status parameter indicates whether the transmission was successful, or else why if failed. Here we keep the counters to help understand the different failure cases. Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
2010-09-17iwlagn: keep track fail tx reason counterWey-Yi Guy
If uCode fail to transmit frame, it will send reply tx back to driver with failure status; keep the counters of each failure cases for debugging. Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
2010-09-17iwlagn: add bt_status_read for 5150Wey-Yi Guy
Include bt_status_read function pointer for 5150 device Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
2010-09-17iwlwifi: do not perferm force reset while doing scanWey-Yi Guy
When uCode error condition detected, driver try to perform either rf reset or firmware reload in order bring device back to working condition. If rf reset is required and scan is in process, there is no need to issue rf reset since scan already reset the rf. If firmware reload is required and scan is in process, skip the reload request. There is a possibility firmware reload during scan cause problem. [ 485.804046] WARNING: at net/mac80211/main.c:310 ieee80211_restart_hw+0x28/0x62() [ 485.804049] Hardware name: Latitude E6400 [ 485.804052] ieee80211_restart_hw called with hardware scan in progress [ 485.804054] Modules linked in: iwlagn iwlcore bnep sco rfcomm l2cap crc16 bluetooth [last unloaded: iwlcore] [ 485.804069] Pid: 812, comm: kworker/u:3 Tainted: G W 2.6.36-rc3-wl+ #74 [ 485.804072] Call Trace: [ 485.804079] [<c103019a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x60/0x75 [ 485.804084] [<c1030213>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x26/0x2a [ 485.804089] [<c145da67>] ieee80211_restart_hw+0x28/0x62 [ 485.804102] [<f8b35dc6>] iwl_bg_restart+0x113/0x150 [iwlagn] [ 485.804108] [<c10415d5>] process_one_work+0x181/0x25c [ 485.804119] [<f8b35cb3>] ? iwl_bg_restart+0x0/0x150 [iwlagn] [ 485.804124] [<c104190a>] worker_thread+0xf9/0x1f2 [ 485.804128] [<c1041811>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x1f2 [ 485.804133] [<c10451b0>] kthread+0x64/0x69 [ 485.804137] [<c104514c>] ? kthread+0x0/0x69 [ 485.804141] [<c1002df6>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10 [ 485.804145] ---[ end trace 3d4ebdc02d524bbb ]--- [ 485.804148] WG> 1 [ 485.804153] Pid: 812, comm: kworker/u:3 Tainted: G W 2.6.36-rc3-wl+ #74 [ 485.804156] Call Trace: [ 485.804161] [<c145da9b>] ? ieee80211_restart_hw+0x5c/0x62 [ 485.804172] [<f8b35dcb>] iwl_bg_restart+0x118/0x150 [iwlagn] [ 485.804177] [<c10415d5>] process_one_work+0x181/0x25c [ 485.804188] [<f8b35cb3>] ? iwl_bg_restart+0x0/0x150 [iwlagn] [ 485.804192] [<c104190a>] worker_thread+0xf9/0x1f2 [ 485.804197] [<c1041811>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x1f2 [ 485.804201] [<c10451b0>] kthread+0x64/0x69 [ 485.804205] [<c104514c>] ? kthread+0x0/0x69 [ 485.804209] [<c1002df6>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10 Signed-off-by: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>
2010-09-16ath9k: fix regression which disabled ps on ath9kLuis R. Rodriguez
The patch titled "ath9k: Add new file init.c" shuffled some code around but in dong so for some reason also removed the revision check for disablign power save. Add this revision check again so we can get power save re-enabled again by default on cards newer than AR5416 and AR5418. $ git describe --contains 556242049cc3992d0ee625e9f15c4b00ea4baac8 v2.6.34-rc1~233^2~49^2~343 This patch has fixes for stable kernels [2.6.34+]. Cc: stable@kernel.org Cc: Paul Stewart <pstew@google.com> Cc: Amod Bodas <amod.bodas@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-16ath9k: fix regression which prevents chip sleep after CAB dataSenthil Balasubramanian
The patch: commit 293dc5dfdbcc16cde06e40a688394cc8ab083e48 Author: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org> Date: Fri Jun 19 12:17:48 2009 +0200 ath9k: remove ath_rx_ps_back_to_sleep helper This helper only clears the SC_OP_WAIT_FOR_{BEACON,CAB} flags. Remove it and clear these flags directly in the approptiate places instead. Changes-licensed-under: ISC Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> introduced a regression which forgot to lift the beacon flag after we received all broadcast and multicast data. This meant we never went to sleep consuming about ~650mW on idle. This pretty much broke power save completely. This patch has fixes for stable kernels [2.6.32+]. Cc: stable@kernel.org Cc: Paul Stewart <pstew@google.com> Cc: Sameer Nanda <snanda@google.com> Cc: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org> Cc: Amod Bodas <amod.bodas@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-16ath9k: fix enabling ANI / tx monitor after bg scanLuis R. Rodriguez
ath9k's entire logic with SC_OP_SCANNING is incorrect due to the way mac80211 currently implements the scan complete callback and we handle it in ath9k. This patch removes the flag completely in preference for the SC_OP_OFFCHANNEL which is really what we wanted. The scanning flag was used to ensure we reset ANI to the old values when we go back to the home channel, but if we are offchannel we use some defaults. The flag was also used to re-enable the TX monitor. Without this patch we simply never re-enabled ANI and the TX monitor after going offchannel. This means that after one background scan we are prone to noise issues and if we had a TX hang we would not recover. To get this to work properly we must enable ANI after we have configured the beacon timers, otherwise hardware acts really oddly. This patch has stable fixes which apply down to [2.6.36+], there *may* be a to fix this on older kernels but requires a bit of work since this patch relies on the new mac80211 flag IEEE80211_CONF_OFFCHANNEL which was introduced as of 2.6.36. Cc: stable@kernel.org Cc: Paul Stewart <pstew@google.com> Cc: Amod Bodas <amod.bodas@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-16ath9k: fix regression on beacon loss after bgscanLuis R. Rodriguez
When we return to the home channel we were never reseting our beacon timers, this was casued by the fact that the scanning flag was still on even after we returned to our home channel. There are also other reasons why we would get a reset and if we are not off channel we always need to resynch our beacon timers, because a reset will clear them. This bug is a regression introduced on 2.6.36. The order of the changes are as follows: 5ee08656 - Sat Jul 31 - ath9k: prevent calibration during off-channel activity a0daa0e7 - Tue Jul 27 - Revert "mac80211: fix sw scan bracketing" 543708be - Fri Jun 18 - mac80211: fix sw scan bracketing mcgrof@tux ~/linux-2.6-allstable (git::master)$ git describe \ --contains 5ee0865615f65f84e6ee9174771a6716c29e08e1 v2.6.36-rc1~43^2~34^2~22 mcgrof@tux ~/linux-2.6-allstable (git::master)$ git describe \ --contains a0daa0e7592ada797d6835f11529097aabc27ad2 v2.6.36-rc1~571^2~64^2~13 mcgrof@tux ~/linux-2.6-allstable (git::master)$ git describe \ --contains 543708be320d7df692d24b349ca01a947b340764 v2.6.36-rc1~571^2~107^2~187 So 5ee08656 would have worked if a0daa0e7 was not committed but it was so this means 5ee08656 was broken since it assumed that when we were in the channel change routine the scan flag would be lifted. As it turns out the scan flag will be set when we are already on the home channel. For more details refer to: http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=5715 These issues will need to be considered for our solution on reshifting the scan complete callback location on mac80211 on current development kernel work. This patch has stable fixes which apply down to [2.6.36+] Cc: stable@kernel.org Cc: Paul Stewart <pstew@google.com> Cc: Amod Bodas <amod.bodas@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-09-16ath9k: fix power save race conditionsLuis R. Rodriguez
ath9k has a race on putting the chip into network sleep and having registers read from hardware. The race occurs because although ath9k_ps_restore() locks its own callers it makes use of some variables which get altered in the driver at different code paths. The variables are the ps_enabled and ps_flags. This is easily reprodicible in large network environments when roaming with the wpa_supplicant simple bgscan. You'd get some 0xdeadbeef read out on certain registers such as: ath: timeout (100000 us) on reg 0x806c: 0xdeadbeef & 0x01f00000 != 0x00000000 ath: RX failed to go idle in 10 ms RXSM=0xdeadbeef ath: timeout (100000 us) on reg 0x7000: 0xdeadbeef & 0x00000003 != 0x00000000 ath: Chip reset failed The fix is to protect the ath9k_config(hw, IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_PS) calls with a spin_lock_irqsave() which will disable contendors for these variables from interrupt context, timers, re-entry from mac80211 on the same callback, and most importantly from ath9k_ps_restore() which is the only call which will put the device into network sleep. There are quite a few threads and bug reports on these a few of them are: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/linux/+bug/407040 http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=5709 http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=5943 Stable fixes apply to [2.6.32+] Cc: stable@kernel.org Cc: Paul Stewart <pstew@google.com> Cc: Amod Bodas <amod.bodas@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>