[BISECTED] ssh - Received disconnect from x.x.x.x: 2: Bad packet length 3149594624

[Will Deacon]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 10:44:44AM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > >>You could try putting back the UNALIGNED_ACCESS in net/mac80211/rx.c and
> > >>commenting out the skb->len = desc->length  - PLCP_HEADER_LENGTH;  line
> > >>above.
> > >
> > >This seems to fix the issue too, but I am afraid there is more to be
> > >done, as I see
> > >
> > >Feb 14 18:33:46 Nokia-N900 kernel: [   88.599853] wlan0: authenticate
> > >with 00:23:cd:17:86:d0
> > >Feb 14 18:33:46 Nokia-N900 kernel: [   88.781860] wlan0: send auth to
> > >00:23:cd:17:86:d0 (try 1/3)
> > >Feb 14 18:33:46 Nokia-N900 kernel: [   88.799804] wlan0: authenticated
> > >Feb 14 18:33:46 Nokia-N900 kernel: [   88.806243] wlan0: associating
> > >with AP with corrupt probe response
> > >Feb 14 18:33:46 Nokia-N900 kernel: [   88.814544] wlan0: associate with
> > >00:23:cd:17:86:d0 (try 1/3)
> > >Feb 14 18:33:46 Nokia-N900 kernel: [   88.826416] wlan0: RX AssocResp
> > >from 00:23:cd:17:86:d0 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=2)
> > >
> > >spit in dmesg log. AFAIR this is the first time I see "associating with
> > >AP with corrupt probe response" in dmesg, no matter of the kernel
> > >version. Despite of that error message, wlan seems to work as it should,
> > >so far. I guess we need the driver's author saying on the issue.
> > 
> > ping?
> 
> If Will does not respond, we should simply revert
> dce5c9e35bc4085bd33eccdb8c9ec5a643507a14 . Regressions are not
> acceptable.

Seriously Pavel, give me a break. I already responded pretty quickly to this
bug report, took a look at where the issue could be and proposed a fix
(which Ivaylo tested successfully). Now, wireless drivers are *waay* outside
my area of expertise, so I added some other folks to CC in the hope that
they could help turn my fix into something upstreamable. Meanwhile, Ivaylo
looks like he has something better than what I came up with already.

If you care about this driver, why don't you help us fix it rather than
making unhelpful suggestions from the sidelines?

Will