linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rt2x00: rt2800: fix zeroing skb structure

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Date:	Sat, 30 Jul 2011 21:41:11 -0600
From:	Adam Cozzette <acozzette@...hmc.edu>
To:	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>
Cc:	Andreas Hartmann <andihartmann@...19freenet.de>,
	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>,
	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
	Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	Alan Piszcz <ap@...arrain.com>, users@...x00.serialmonkey.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rt2x00: rt2800: fix zeroing skb structure

On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 01:10:26PM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> (This is with the patch provided earlier)
> 
> atom:/usr/src/linux# cd drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/
> atom:/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00# grep 'memset(skb_push(entry->skb, TXWI_DESC_SIZE), 0, TXWI_DESC_SIZE)' rt2800lib.c
>         memset(skb_push(entry->skb, TXWI_DESC_SIZE), 0, TXWI_DESC_SIZE);
> atom:/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00# cat /usr/src/linux/.version
> 2
> atom:/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00# uname -a
> Linux atom 3.0.0 #2 SMP Sat Jul 30 08:34:18 EDT 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> atom:/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00#
> 
> Justin.

The last two images you posted show rt2800_txdone in the stack trace. I couldn't
find any such function in the source and unless I'm mistaken, it was renamed in
commit 8f66bbb5 back in May. Are you sure that the most recent code is what is
actually running when you run into this problem?

-- 
Adam Cozzette
Harvey Mudd College
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