Return-path: Received: from mail.deathmatch.net ([70.167.247.36]:1048 "EHLO mail.deathmatch.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752922AbZBZBLp (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:11:45 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:11:36 -0500 From: Bob Copeland To: Jiri Slaby Cc: Nick Kossifidis , Sitsofe Wheeler , Frederic Weisbecker , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath5k-devel@venema.h4ckr.net, "Luis R. Rodriguez" Subject: Re: [TIP] BUG kmalloc-4096: Poison overwritten (ath5k_rx_skb_alloc) Message-ID: <20090226011136.GB10577@hash.localnet> (sfid-20090226_021149_277483_B8B7DC5B) References: <20090222144742.GA6078@nowhere> <20090222170201.GA27360@silver.sucs.org> <49A1CA01.9030501@gmail.com> <49A1DDD2.7040706@gmail.com> <20090223152724.M82409@bobcopeland.com> <49A321BA.2040500@gmail.com> <49A326A4.8090103@gmail.com> <40f31dec0902231508l512af5b7w68cfcc0bdf3cfa87@mail.gmail.com> <20090224135817.GB6019@hash.localnet> <49A46AD4.3060007@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <49A46AD4.3060007@gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:47:00PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > I added a check for this in rx tasklet some time ago, because I hit it. > So no fireworks really should happen ;). > > And yes, we ought to use this much better test (I knew nothing about > AR_RXDP reg) than mine. Indeed, it lasted all day for me with only 3 buffers under load, lots of packet loss though :) -- Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com