linux-kernel - [PATCH] [brcmsmac] "INTERMEDIATE but not AMPDU" only when tracing

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Date:	Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:48:04 +0200
From:	Eldad Zack <eldad@...refinery.com>
To:	Brett Rudley <brudley@...adcom.com>,
	Roland Vossen <rvossen@...adcom.com>,
	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>,
	Kan Yan <kanyan@...adcom.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eldad Zack <eldad@...refinery.com>
Subject: [PATCH] [brcmsmac] "INTERMEDIATE but not AMPDU" only when tracing

I keep getting the following messages on the log buffer:
[ 2167.097507] ieee80211 phy0: brcms_c_dotxstatus: INTERMEDIATE but not AMPDU
[ 2281.331305] ieee80211 phy0: brcms_c_dotxstatus: INTERMEDIATE but not AMPDU
[ 2281.332539] ieee80211 phy0: brcms_c_dotxstatus: INTERMEDIATE but not AMPDU
[ 2329.876605] ieee80211 phy0: brcms_c_dotxstatus: INTERMEDIATE but not AMPDU
[ 2329.877354] ieee80211 phy0: brcms_c_dotxstatus: INTERMEDIATE but not AMPDU
[ 2462.280756] ieee80211 phy0: brcms_c_dotxstatus: INTERMEDIATE but not AMPDU
[ 2615.651689] ieee80211 phy0: brcms_c_dotxstatus: INTERMEDIATE but not AMPDU

>From the code comment I understand that this something that can - and does, quite frequently - happen.
This patch demotes the message to the trace level.

Signed-off-by: Eldad Zack <eldad@...refinery.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
index 231ddf4..2fc5956 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
@@ -847,8 +847,7 @@ brcms_c_dotxstatus(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, struct tx_status *txs)
 	 */
 	if (!(txs->status & TX_STATUS_AMPDU)
 	    && (txs->status & TX_STATUS_INTERMEDIATE)) {
-		wiphy_err(wlc->wiphy, "%s: INTERMEDIATE but not AMPDU\n",
-			  __func__);
+		BCMMSG(wlc->wiphy, "INTERMEDIATE but not AMPDU\n");
 		return false;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.9.5

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