Return-path: Received: from nbd.name ([46.4.11.11]:34739 "EHLO nbd.name" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755136Ab3COWVy (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:21:54 -0400 Message-ID: <51439F00.9050001@openwrt.org> (sfid-20130315_232158_895714_8B2AFEC8) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:21:52 +0100 From: Felix Fietkau MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linville@tuxdriver.com, mcgrof@qca.qualcomm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.9] ath9k: limit tx path hang check to normal data queues References: <1363360724-44435-1-git-send-email-nbd@openwrt.org> <20130315183457.GB2676@bombadil.infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <20130315183457.GB2676@bombadil.infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2013-03-15 7:34 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 04:18:44PM +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote: >> The beacon and multicast-buffer queues are managed by the beacon >> tasklet, and the generic tx path hang check does not help in any way >> here. Running it on those queues anyway can introduce some race >> conditions leading to unnecessary chip resets. >> >> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org >> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau > > This applies to v3.8 as well, do you want it there as well? Yes