2.6.39-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
------------------ From: Daniel Halperin <[email protected]> commit 21fdc87248d1d28492c775e05fa92b3c8c7bc8db upstream. This is the same fix as commit 841051602e3fa18ea468fe5a177aa92b6eb44b56 Author: Matteo Croce <[email protected]> Date: Fri Dec 3 02:25:08 2010 +0100 The ath9k driver subtracts 3 dBm to the txpower as with two radios the signal power is doubled. The resulting value is assigned in an u16 which overflows and makes the card work at full power. in two more places. I grepped the ath tree and didn't find any others. Signed-off-by: Daniel Halperin <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c | 10 ++++++++-- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_9287.c | 10 ++++++++-- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_eeprom.c @@ -4598,10 +4598,16 @@ static void ar9003_hw_set_power_per_rate case 1: break; case 2: - scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN; + if (scaledPower > REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN) + scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN; + else + scaledPower = 0; break; case 3: - scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN; + if (scaledPower > REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN) + scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN; + else + scaledPower = 0; break; } --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_9287.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_9287.c @@ -522,10 +522,16 @@ static void ath9k_hw_set_ar9287_power_pe case 1: break; case 2: - scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN; + if (scaledPower > REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN) + scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN; + else + scaledPower = 0; break; case 3: - scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN; + if (scaledPower > REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN) + scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN; + else + scaledPower = 0; break; } scaledPower = max((u16)0, scaledPower); _______________________________________________ stable mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/stable
