[PATCH] b43: fix regression in PIO case
Larry Finger
Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net
Mon Dec 26 13:32:15 EST 2011
On 12/26/2011 12:17 PM, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Dec 2011, Larry Finger wrote:
>
>> On 12/26/2011 11:28 AM, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
>>> This patch fixes the regression, introduced by
>>>
>>> commit 17030f48e31adde5b043741c91ba143f5f7db0fd
>>> From: Rafał Miłecki<zajec5 at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:16:27 +0200
>>> Subject: [PATCH] b43: support new RX header, noticed to be used in 598.314+
>>> fw
>>>
>>> in PIO case.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski<g.liakhovetski at gmx.de>
>>> ---
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.c
>>> index ce8a4bd..b64b64c 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.c
>>> @@ -617,9 +617,19 @@ static bool pio_rx_frame(struct b43_pio_rxqueue *q)
>>> const char *err_msg = NULL;
>>> struct b43_rxhdr_fw4 *rxhdr =
>>> (struct b43_rxhdr_fw4 *)wl->pio_scratchspace;
>>> + size_t rxhdr_size = sizeof(*rxhdr);
>>>
>>> BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(wl->pio_scratchspace)< sizeof(*rxhdr));
>>> - memset(rxhdr, 0, sizeof(*rxhdr));
>>> + switch (dev->fw.hdr_format) {
>>> + case B43_FW_HDR_410:
>>> + case B43_FW_HDR_351:
>>> + rxhdr_size -= sizeof(rxhdr->format_598) -
>>> + sizeof(rxhdr->format_351);
>>> + break;
>>> + case B43_FW_HDR_598:
>>> + break;
>>> + }
>>
>> I do not think the above will work for format_410. By my count, the format_410
>> struct is 4 bytes longer than the format_351 struct.
>
> I think you're looking at struct b43_txhdr, whereas the problem is in
> struct b43_rxhdr_fw4.
>
> Thanks
> Guennadi
>
>>
>> Even if it does work, I suggest using the following:
>>
>> size_t rxhdr_size;
>>
>> BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(wl->pio_scratchspace)< sizeof(*rxhdr));
>> switch (dev->fw.hdr_format) {
>> case B43_FW_HDR_351:
>> rxhdr_size = sizeof(rxhdr->format_351);
>> break;
>> case B43_FW_HDR_410:
You are correct - I was looking in the wrong place. Even so, I prefer setting
rxhdr_size in the case branches, and not adjust one preset earlier.
Larry
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