2007-11-24 22:36:58

by Stefano Brivio

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Subject: [PATCH 5/5 V2] b43legacy: reinit on too many PHY TX errors

Restart the hardware on too many PHY TX errors. A thousand PHY TX errors
per 15 seconds means we won't be able to recover for sure.


Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <[email protected]>

---

Index: wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/b43legacy.h
===================================================================
--- wireless-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/b43legacy.h
+++ wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/b43legacy.h
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@
#define B43legacy_DEFAULT_SHORT_RETRY_LIMIT 7
#define B43legacy_DEFAULT_LONG_RETRY_LIMIT 4

+#define B43legacy_PHY_TX_BADNESS_LIMIT 1000
+
/* Max size of a security key */
#define B43legacy_SEC_KEYSIZE 16
/* Security algorithms. */
@@ -511,6 +513,9 @@ struct b43legacy_phy {
u16 lofcal;

u16 initval;
+
+ /* PHY TX errors counter. */
+ atomic_t txerr_cnt;
};

/* Data structures for DMA transmission, per 80211 core. */
Index: wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/main.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/main.c
+++ wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/main.c
@@ -1221,8 +1221,15 @@ static void b43legacy_interrupt_tasklet(
if (unlikely(reason & B43legacy_IRQ_MAC_TXERR))
b43legacyerr(dev->wl, "MAC transmission error\n");

- if (unlikely(reason & B43legacy_IRQ_PHY_TXERR))
+ if (unlikely(reason & B43legacy_IRQ_PHY_TXERR)) {
b43legacyerr(dev->wl, "PHY transmission error\n");
+ rmb();
+ if (unlikely(atomic_dec_and_test(&dev->phy.txerr_cnt))) {
+ b43legacyerr(dev->wl, "Too many PHY TX errors, "
+ "restarting the controller\n");
+ b43legacy_controller_restart(dev, "PHY TX errors");
+ }
+ }

if (unlikely(merged_dma_reason & (B43legacy_DMAIRQ_FATALMASK |
B43legacy_DMAIRQ_NONFATALMASK))) {
@@ -2094,6 +2101,9 @@ static int b43legacy_chip_init(struct b4
b43legacy_write16(dev, B43legacy_MMIO_POWERUP_DELAY,
dev->dev->bus->chipco.fast_pwrup_delay);

+ /* PHY TX errors counter. */
+ atomic_set(&phy->txerr_cnt, B43legacy_PHY_TX_BADNESS_LIMIT);
+
B43legacy_WARN_ON(err != 0);
b43legacydbg(dev->wl, "Chip initialized\n");
out:
@@ -2138,6 +2148,9 @@ static void b43legacy_periodic_every30se
static void b43legacy_periodic_every15sec(struct b43legacy_wldev *dev)
{
b43legacy_phy_xmitpower(dev); /* FIXME: unless scanning? */
+
+ atomic_set(&dev->phy.txerr_cnt, B43legacy_PHY_TX_BADNESS_LIMIT);
+ wmb();
}

static void do_periodic_work(struct b43legacy_wldev *dev)


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Ciao
Stefano