[PATCH] [36/275] ath9k: Fix bug in delimiter padding computation

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed Mar 30 2011 - 18:06:37 EST


2.6.35-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@xxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 39ec2997c374b528cdbf65099b6d6b8593a67f7f upstream.

There is a roundng error in delimiter padding computation
which causes severe throughput drop with some of AR9003.

signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.35.y/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.35.y.orig/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h 2011-03-29 22:51:54.545327490 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.35.y/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h 2011-03-29 23:02:58.936327387 -0700
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@

/* returns delimiter padding required given the packet length */
#define ATH_AGGR_GET_NDELIM(_len) \
- (((((_len) + ATH_AGGR_DELIM_SZ) < ATH_AGGR_MINPLEN) ? \
- (ATH_AGGR_MINPLEN - (_len) - ATH_AGGR_DELIM_SZ) : 0) >> 2)
+ (((_len) >= ATH_AGGR_MINPLEN) ? 0 : \
+ DIV_ROUND_UP(ATH_AGGR_MINPLEN - (_len), ATH_AGGR_DELIM_SZ))

#define BAW_WITHIN(_start, _bawsz, _seqno) \
((((_seqno) - (_start)) & 4095) < (_bawsz))
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