Return-path: Received: from mail-bk0-f46.google.com ([209.85.214.46]:59144 "EHLO mail-bk0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754386Ab2E2TH4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2012 15:07:56 -0400 Received: by bkcji2 with SMTP id ji2so3378915bkc.19 for ; Tue, 29 May 2012 12:07:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Christian Lamparter To: Ben Greear Subject: Re: [ath9k-devel] Anyone doing WiFi throughput tests? Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 21:07:42 +0200 Cc: Sujith Manoharan , "ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" References: <4FC04B5A.1070900@candelatech.com> <4FC2437C.9090106@candelatech.com> <4FC51418.5000104@candelatech.com> In-Reply-To: <4FC51418.5000104@candelatech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <201205292107.42337.chunkeey@googlemail.com> (sfid-20120529_210800_547061_4AB58940) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 08:23:20 PM Ben Greear wrote: > On 05/27/2012 08:08 AM, Ben Greear wrote: > > On 05/26/2012 09:39 AM, Sujith Manoharan wrote: > We started testing with two AR9380 NICs today (one AP, the other STA). > I applied Felix's skb optimization patch, and the ath9k memleak fix patch > on top of 3.3.7+. > > The system has 2GB RAM, but it is 32-bit kernel, so not all > is available to the networking code... That said, the OOM > killer kills VNC and such. > > Anyway, I'll try some memleak debugging to see if > I can find any leaks. It seems to me that we should > not actually OOM just by trying to transmit too fast > on a station interface :P well, there's that: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.ath9k.devel/8233 It might not fix the bug, but it can save you time to confirm that is not related to this particular skb leak. Regards, Chr