ath9k: Handle -ENOMEM on RX gracefully

We would get an oops on RX on -ENOMEM by passing
NULL to the hardware on ath_rx_buf_link(). The oops
would look something like this:

ath_rx_tasklet+0x515/0x53b
ath9k_tasklet+0x48
tasklet_action
__do_softirq
irq_exit
do_IRQ

RIP: ath_rx_buf_link+0x3a

We correct this by handling the requeue directly on
the ath_rx_tasklet() and trying to allocate an skb
*prior* to sending up the last hardware processed
skb. If we run out of memory this gauranteees we have
skbs to work with while it simply drops new received
frames.

Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
index 20f8377..6eae254 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -81,29 +81,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *ath_rxbuf_alloc(struct ath_softc *sc, u32 len)
        return skb;
 }
 
-static void ath_rx_requeue(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_buf *bf)
-{
-       struct sk_buff *skb;
-
-       ASSERT(bf != NULL);
-
-       if (bf->bf_mpdu == NULL) {
-               skb = ath_rxbuf_alloc(sc, sc->sc_rxbufsize);
-               if (skb != NULL) {
-                       bf->bf_mpdu = skb;
-                       bf->bf_buf_addr = pci_map_single(sc->pdev, skb->data,
-                                                skb_end_pointer(skb) - skb->head,
-                                                PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
-                       bf->bf_dmacontext = bf->bf_buf_addr;
-
-               }
-       }
-
-       list_move_tail(&bf->list, &sc->sc_rxbuf);
-       ath_rx_buf_link(sc, bf);
-}
-
-
 static int ath_rate2idx(struct ath_softc *sc, int rate)
 {
        int i = 0, cur_band, n_rates;
@@ -445,7 +422,7 @@ int ath_rx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc, int flush)
 
        struct ath_buf *bf;
        struct ath_desc *ds;
-       struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
+       struct sk_buff *skb = NULL, *requeue_skb;
        struct ieee80211_rx_status rx_status;
        struct ath_hal *ah = sc->sc_ah;
        struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
@@ -522,17 +499,28 @@ int ath_rx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc, int flush)
                 * chain it back at the queue without processing it.
                 */
                if (flush)
-                       goto rx_next;
+                       goto requeue;
 
                if (!ds->ds_rxstat.rs_datalen)
-                       goto rx_next;
+                       goto requeue;
 
                /* The status portion of the descriptor could get corrupted. */
                if (sc->sc_rxbufsize < ds->ds_rxstat.rs_datalen)
-                       goto rx_next;
+                       goto requeue;
 
                if (!ath_rx_prepare(skb, ds, &rx_status, &decrypt_error, sc))
-                       goto rx_next;
+                       goto requeue;
+
+               /* Ensure we always have an skb to requeue once we are done
+                * processing the current buffer's skb */
+               requeue_skb = ath_rxbuf_alloc(sc, sc->sc_rxbufsize);
+
+               /* If there is no memory we ignore the current RX'd frame,
+                * tell hardware it can give us a new frame using the old
+                * skb and put it at the tail of the sc->sc_rxbuf list for
+                * processing. */
+               if (!requeue_skb)
+                       goto requeue;
 
                /* Sync and unmap the frame */
                pci_dma_sync_single_for_cpu(sc->pdev, bf->bf_buf_addr,
@@ -569,7 +557,13 @@ int ath_rx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc, int flush)
 
                /* Send the frame to mac80211 */
                __ieee80211_rx(sc->hw, skb, &rx_status);
-               bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
+
+               /* We will now give hardware our shiny new allocated skb */
+               bf->bf_mpdu = requeue_skb;
+               bf->bf_buf_addr = pci_map_single(sc->pdev, requeue_skb->data,
+                                        sc->sc_rxbufsize,
+                                        PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
+               bf->bf_dmacontext = bf->bf_buf_addr;
 
                /*
                 * change the default rx antenna if rx diversity chooses the
@@ -581,8 +575,9 @@ int ath_rx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc, int flush)
                } else {
                        sc->sc_rxotherant = 0;
                }
-rx_next:
-               ath_rx_requeue(sc, bf);
+requeue:
+               list_move_tail(&bf->list, &sc->sc_rxbuf);
+               ath_rx_buf_link(sc, bf);
        } while (1);
 
        spin_unlock_bh(&sc->sc_rxbuflock);