From 15943a72c7d2031c9150917ca9161a9f891d455a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Lamparter Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 22:35:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: temporarily disable reorder release timer Several serve threading problems in the current release reorder timer implementation have been discovered. A lengthy discussion - which lists some of the pitfalls and possible solutions - can be found at: http://marc.info/?t=128635927000001 But due to the complicated nature of the subject and the imminent advent of a new -rc cycle, it was decided to disable the feature for the time being. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- net/mac80211/rx.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c index b67221def584..902b03ee8f60 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/rx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c @@ -622,6 +622,26 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_reorder_release(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, tid_agg_rx->buf_size; } + /* + * Disable the reorder release timer for now. + * + * The current implementation lacks a proper locking scheme + * which would protect vital statistic and debug counters + * from being updated by two different but concurrent BHs. + * + * More information about the topic is available from: + * - thread: http://marc.info/?t=128635927000001 + * + * What was wrong: + * => http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=128636170811964 + * "Basically the thing is that until your patch, the data + * in the struct didn't actually need locking because it + * was accessed by the RX path only which is not concurrent." + * + * List of what needs to be fixed: + * => http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=128656352920957 + * + if (tid_agg_rx->stored_mpdu_num) { j = index = seq_sub(tid_agg_rx->head_seq_num, tid_agg_rx->ssn) % tid_agg_rx->buf_size; @@ -640,6 +660,10 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_reorder_release(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, } else { del_timer(&tid_agg_rx->reorder_timer); } + */ + +set_release_timer: + return; } /* -- 2.30.2