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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
index 4983402af559..504a0444d89f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -49,10 +49,12 @@ static void ath_rx_buf_link(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_buf *bf)
ASSERT(skb != NULL);
ds->ds_vdata = skb->data;
- /* setup rx descriptors */
+ /* setup rx descriptors. The sc_rxbufsize here tells the harware
+ * how much data it can DMA to us and that we are prepared
+ * to process */
ath9k_hw_setuprxdesc(ah,
ds,
- skb_tailroom(skb), /* buffer size */
+ sc->sc_rxbufsize,
0);
if (sc->sc_rxlink == NULL)
@@ -398,6 +400,13 @@ static struct sk_buff *ath_rxbuf_alloc(struct ath_softc *sc,
* in rx'd frames.
*/
+ /* Note: the kernel can allocate a value greater than
+ * what we ask it to give us. We really only need 4 KB as that
+ * is this hardware supports and in fact we need at least 3849
+ * as that is the MAX AMSDU size this hardware supports.
+ * Unfortunately this means we may get 8 KB here from the
+ * kernel... and that is actually what is observed on some
+ * systems :( */
skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + sc->sc_cachelsz - 1);
if (skb != NULL) {
off = ((unsigned long) skb->data) % sc->sc_cachelsz;
@@ -456,7 +465,7 @@ static int ath_rx_indicate(struct ath_softc *sc,
if (nskb != NULL) {
bf->bf_mpdu = nskb;
bf->bf_buf_addr = pci_map_single(sc->pdev, nskb->data,
- skb_end_pointer(nskb) - nskb->head,
+ sc->sc_rxbufsize,
PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
bf->bf_dmacontext = bf->bf_buf_addr;
ATH_RX_CONTEXT(nskb)->ctx_rxbuf = bf;
@@ -542,7 +551,7 @@ int ath_rx_init(struct ath_softc *sc, int nbufs)
bf->bf_mpdu = skb;
bf->bf_buf_addr = pci_map_single(sc->pdev, skb->data,
- skb_end_pointer(skb) - skb->head,
+ sc->sc_rxbufsize,
PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
bf->bf_dmacontext = bf->bf_buf_addr;
ATH_RX_CONTEXT(skb)->ctx_rxbuf = bf;
@@ -1007,7 +1016,7 @@ int ath_rx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc, int flush)
pci_dma_sync_single_for_cpu(sc->pdev,
bf->bf_buf_addr,
- skb_tailroom(skb),
+ sc->sc_rxbufsize,
PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
pci_unmap_single(sc->pdev,
bf->bf_buf_addr,