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Subject: Re: [RFC] ATH9K: infinite loop in Tasklet
From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
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	Cedric VONCKEN <cedric.voncken@acksys.fr>,
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On 1 January 2013 07:18, Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> wrote:

> I think the best way to properly fix this issue is to implement NAPI
> support (which mac80211 already supports).

Sure, but there may be some underlying issues (maybe even on just that
particular platform) that need to be addressed.

Migrating to NAPI / breaking out of the tasklet early should also be
done, but it's potentially orthogonal to the OP's problem.


Adrian