2010-06-04 16:32:29

by Nils Radtke

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: recalculate average tpt if not current

Hi John,

http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=127317062320707&w=2 :
> > > The BUG_ON was introduced by:
> > > commit 3110bef78cb4282c58245bc8fd6d95d9ccb19749
> > > Author: Guy Cohen <[email protected]>
> > > Date: Tue Sep 9 10:54:54 2008 +0800
> > >
> > > iwlwifi: Added support for 3 antennas
> > >
> > > ... the portion adding the BUG_ON is reverted since we are encountering the error
> > > and BUG_ON was created with assumption that error is not encountered.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> >
> > I noticed this patch in your wireless-next-2.6 pull request. Since it is
> > addressing a system hang issue, could it perhaps be included in
> > wireless-2.6 also? I should have included the bug report reference for
> > this purpose, sorry ... it is
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588021
>
> I didn't send it that way because a) that code has been there for a
> really long time; and b) the reporter couldn't reliably reproduce
> the bug and therefore can't reliably test the fix. While I agree
> that the fix looks harmless, no update is zero-risk.
>
> Can you reliably hit that code? Has it been tested enough that we
> should risk holding-up 2.6.34's release for it?
I'm one of those _very reliably_ hitting this BUG. I can tell how
annoying it is. I have to backport the patch w/ every kernel release
to be able to use the wireless link _at all_. So please consider
it as somewhat urgent to get the patch included.

I'm still in contact w/ Reinette regularly to get those problems fixed.
It involves physically moving around the city for testing any modification
so this working is slowly processing as it takes every time an enormous
amount of time to do so. Work in (slow) progress, but it's alive..
C.f. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/992941

BTW, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588021 this isn't fixed.
Maybe RH did fix it. kernel.org sources haven't. This is a blocker ever
since.

Cheers,

Nils


2010-06-04 18:15:12

by John W. Linville

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: recalculate average tpt if not current

On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 06:32:18PM +0200, Nils Radtke wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=127317062320707&w=2 :
> > > > The BUG_ON was introduced by:
> > > > commit 3110bef78cb4282c58245bc8fd6d95d9ccb19749
> > > > Author: Guy Cohen <[email protected]>
> > > > Date: Tue Sep 9 10:54:54 2008 +0800
> > > >
> > > > iwlwifi: Added support for 3 antennas
> > > >
> > > > ... the portion adding the BUG_ON is reverted since we are encountering the error
> > > > and BUG_ON was created with assumption that error is not encountered.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <[email protected]>
> > > > ---
> > >
> > > I noticed this patch in your wireless-next-2.6 pull request. Since it is
> > > addressing a system hang issue, could it perhaps be included in
> > > wireless-2.6 also? I should have included the bug report reference for
> > > this purpose, sorry ... it is
> > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588021
> >
> > I didn't send it that way because a) that code has been there for a
> > really long time; and b) the reporter couldn't reliably reproduce
> > the bug and therefore can't reliably test the fix. While I agree
> > that the fix looks harmless, no update is zero-risk.
> >
> > Can you reliably hit that code? Has it been tested enough that we
> > should risk holding-up 2.6.34's release for it?
> I'm one of those _very reliably_ hitting this BUG. I can tell how
> annoying it is. I have to backport the patch w/ every kernel release
> to be able to use the wireless link _at all_. So please consider
> it as somewhat urgent to get the patch included.
>
> I'm still in contact w/ Reinette regularly to get those problems fixed.
> It involves physically moving around the city for testing any modification
> so this working is slowly processing as it takes every time an enormous
> amount of time to do so. Work in (slow) progress, but it's alive..
> C.f. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/992941
>
> BTW, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588021 this isn't fixed.
> Maybe RH did fix it. kernel.org sources haven't. This is a blocker ever
> since.

The patch is in linux-2.6. I suppose it could go to [email protected].

commit 3d79b2a9eeaa066b35c49fbb17e3156a3c482c3e
Author: Reinette Chatre <[email protected]>
Date: Mon May 3 10:55:07 2010 -0700

iwlwifi: recalculate average tpt if not current

We currently have this check as a BUG_ON, which is being hit by people.
Previously it was an error with a recalculation if not current, return that
code.

The BUG_ON was introduced by:
commit 3110bef78cb4282c58245bc8fd6d95d9ccb19749
Author: Guy Cohen <[email protected]>
Date: Tue Sep 9 10:54:54 2008 +0800

iwlwifi: Added support for 3 antennas

... the portion adding the BUG_ON is reverted since we are encountering the
and BUG_ON was created with assumption that error is not encountered.

Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[email protected]>

--
John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you
[email protected] might be all we have. Be ready.

2010-06-25 00:26:20

by Greg KH

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Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] iwlwifi: recalculate average tpt if not current

On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 02:03:28PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 06:32:18PM +0200, Nils Radtke wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=127317062320707&w=2 :
> > > > > The BUG_ON was introduced by:
> > > > > commit 3110bef78cb4282c58245bc8fd6d95d9ccb19749
> > > > > Author: Guy Cohen <[email protected]>
> > > > > Date: Tue Sep 9 10:54:54 2008 +0800
> > > > >
> > > > > iwlwifi: Added support for 3 antennas
> > > > >
> > > > > ... the portion adding the BUG_ON is reverted since we are encountering the error
> > > > > and BUG_ON was created with assumption that error is not encountered.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <[email protected]>
> > > > > ---
> > > >
> > > > I noticed this patch in your wireless-next-2.6 pull request. Since it is
> > > > addressing a system hang issue, could it perhaps be included in
> > > > wireless-2.6 also? I should have included the bug report reference for
> > > > this purpose, sorry ... it is
> > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588021
> > >
> > > I didn't send it that way because a) that code has been there for a
> > > really long time; and b) the reporter couldn't reliably reproduce
> > > the bug and therefore can't reliably test the fix. While I agree
> > > that the fix looks harmless, no update is zero-risk.
> > >
> > > Can you reliably hit that code? Has it been tested enough that we
> > > should risk holding-up 2.6.34's release for it?
> > I'm one of those _very reliably_ hitting this BUG. I can tell how
> > annoying it is. I have to backport the patch w/ every kernel release
> > to be able to use the wireless link _at all_. So please consider
> > it as somewhat urgent to get the patch included.
> >
> > I'm still in contact w/ Reinette regularly to get those problems fixed.
> > It involves physically moving around the city for testing any modification
> > so this working is slowly processing as it takes every time an enormous
> > amount of time to do so. Work in (slow) progress, but it's alive..
> > C.f. http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/992941
> >
> > BTW, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=588021 this isn't fixed.
> > Maybe RH did fix it. kernel.org sources haven't. This is a blocker ever
> > since.
>
> The patch is in linux-2.6. I suppose it could go to [email protected].

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h