linux-kernel - [031/115] ath9k: Fix bug in delimiter padding computation

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Message-Id: <20110216014657.413293709@clark.kroah.org>
Date:	Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:44:57 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>,
	Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@...eros.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: [031/115] ath9k: Fix bug in delimiter padding computation

2.6.32-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@...eros.com>

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@...nwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@...eros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

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

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ void ath_descdma_cleanup(struct ath_soft
 
 /* 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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