[email protected] writes: > From: Yuwei Zheng <[email protected]> > > In the environment with heavy wifi traffic, set the ar9271 into > monitor mode, will trigger a deadloop panic. > > The ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb function excute on the interrupt context, and > ath9k_rx_tasklet excute > on the soft irq context. In other words, the ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb have more > chance to excute than > ath9k_rx_tasklet. So in the worst condition, the rx.rxbuf receive list is > always full, > and the do {}while(true) loop will not be break. The kernel get a soft lockup > panic.
Word wrapping is too long and please prefix the title with "ath9k_htc: ". -- Kalle Valo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
