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Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 11:36:15 +0200
From: Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
To: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>
Cc: Sujith <Sujith.Manoharan@...eros.com>,
wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linville@...driver.com
Subject: Re: ath9k becon loss messages
On Sunday 05 April 2009 11:29:38 Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Sunday 05 April 2009 11:23:59 Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
> > With latest linus tree I am getting, .config file attached:
> >
> > [ 22.895051] r8169: eth0: link down
> > [ 22.897564] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
> > [ 22.928047] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> > [ 22.982292] libvirtd used greatest stack depth: 4200 bytes left
> > [ 63.709879] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6
> > [ 63.712096] wlan0: authenticated
> > [ 63.712127] wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6
> > [ 63.726831] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 (capab=0x471 status=0 aid=1)
> > [ 63.726855] wlan0: associated
> > [ 63.730093] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
> > [ 74.296087] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
> > [ 79.349044] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 119.358200] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 179.354292] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 259.366044] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 359.348292] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 361.953459] packagekitd used greatest stack depth: 4160 bytes left
> > [ 478.824258] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 598.813343] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 718.817292] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 838.824567] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 958.815402] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 1078.848434] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 1198.822913] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 1318.824931] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 1438.814157] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 1558.827336] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 1678.823011] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 1798.830589] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 1918.828044] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 2038.827224] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 2116.517152] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 2158.840243] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
> > [ 2278.827427] wlan0: beacon loss from AP 00:11:95:9e:df:f6 - sending probe request
>
>
> I think this message should only show if CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG is set.
> It's kind of expected that we lose a beacon once in a while, so we shouldn't print
> verbose messages to the kernel log (even if they are KERN_DEBUG).
>
> And besides that, I think one can easily remotely trigger this message and flood the logs.
> So it should probably _also_ be ratelimited.
>
Something like this:
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Index: wireless-testing/net/mac80211/mlme.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing.orig/net/mac80211/mlme.c 2009-04-05 11:32:16.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/net/mac80211/mlme.c 2009-04-05 11:35:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -945,9 +945,13 @@ void ieee80211_beacon_loss_work(struct w
u.mgd.beacon_loss_work);
struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd;
- printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: driver reports beacon loss from AP %pM "
- "- sending probe request\n", sdata->dev->name,
- sdata->u.mgd.bssid);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
+ if (net_ratelimit()) {
+ printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: driver reports beacon loss from AP %pM "
+ "- sending probe request\n", sdata->dev->name,
+ sdata->u.mgd.bssid);
+ }
+#endif
ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_PROBEREQ_POLL;
ieee80211_send_probe_req(sdata, ifmgd->bssid, ifmgd->ssid,
@@ -1007,9 +1011,13 @@ static void ieee80211_associated(struct
(local->hw.conf.flags & IEEE80211_CONF_PS)) &&
time_after(jiffies,
ifmgd->last_beacon + IEEE80211_MONITORING_INTERVAL)) {
- printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: beacon loss from AP %pM "
- "- sending probe request\n",
- sdata->dev->name, ifmgd->bssid);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
+ if (net_ratelimit()) {
+ printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: beacon loss from AP %pM "
+ "- sending probe request\n",
+ sdata->dev->name, ifmgd->bssid);
+ }
+#endif
ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_PROBEREQ_POLL;
ieee80211_send_probe_req(sdata, ifmgd->bssid, ifmgd->ssid,
ifmgd->ssid_len, NULL, 0);
--
Greetings, Michael.
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