#437: kernel Oops in ad-hoc mode beacon setup
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: version 0.9.0 - move to
new codebase
Component: madwifi: HAL | Version: trunk
Keywords: ad-hoc oops beacon | Patch_attached: 0
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After some time running in ad-hoc mode there was a kernel oops with the
following trace. We could not yet make this effect reproducible.
{{{
Call Trace:
[<f8c64360>] zz016e189b+0x398/0x3ac [ath_hal]
[<f8afa824>] ath_beaconq_config+0xc4/0x100 [ath_pci]
[<f8afb502>] ath_beacon_start_adhoc+0x52/0x150 [ath_pci]
[<f8afb851>] ath_beacon_config+0x161/0x4b0 [ath_pci]
[<c028eb1b>] ip_route_input_slow+0x40b/0xe50
[<f8afcc18>] ath_recv_mgmt+0xd8/0x1c0 [ath_pci]
[<f8c20faf>] ieee80211_input+0xa9f/0x14a0 [wlan]
[<c026b14f>] -_alloc_skb+0x5f/0x160
[<f8c21a0a>] ieee80211_input_all+0x5a/0xc0 [wlan]
[<f8afd31f>] ath_rx_tasklet+0x5bf/0x630 [ath_pci]
[<c0124957>] tasklet_action+0x67/0xd0
[<c0124596>] __do_softirq+0x76/0xe0
[<c0124635>] do_softirq+0x35/0x40
[<c010544e>] do_IRQ+0x1e/0x30
[<c0103b4a>] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
[<f8ac8a8c>] acpi_processor_idle+0x0/0x290 [processor]
[<f8ac8b81>] acpi_processor_idle+0xf5/0x290 [processor]
[<c0100ebd>] cpu_idle+0x4d/0x70
Code: 24 e8 6a c3 64 c7 8b 8b 94 00 00 00 e9 08 ff ff ff eb 0d 90 90 90 90
90 90
90 90 90 90 90 90 90 55 57 56 53 83 ec 3c 8b 44 24 50 <8b> 50 04 8b 28 89
54 24
20 83 c2 04 89 d0 89 54 24 1c e8 1e 7e
<0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
}}}
We used the following driver:
{{{
ath_hal: 0.9.16.16 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413,
RF5413)
wlan: 0.8.4.2 (svn 1457)
ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (svn 1457)
ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (svn 1457)
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> Link [APC2] -> GSI 17 (level, low)
-> IRQ 177
wifi0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: turboA rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
wifi0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 radio 3.6
wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xf6000000, irq=177
}}}
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/437>
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