linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] ath9k: interrupt fixes on queue reset

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Message-ID: <87a6kf6iip.fsf@toke.dk>
Date:   Tue, 14 Sep 2021 21:53:34 +0200
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To:     Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@...3.blue>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>,
        Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@....qualcomm.com>,
        ath9k-devel@....qualcomm.com
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "John W . Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
        Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>,
        Simon Wunderlich <sw@...onwunderlich.de>,
        Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] ath9k: interrupt fixes on queue reset

Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@...3.blue> writes:

> Hi,
>
> The following are two patches for ath9k to fix a potential interrupt
> storm (PATCH 2/3) and to fix potentially resetting the wifi chip while
> its interrupts were accidentally reenabled (PATCH 3/3).

Uhh, interesting - nice debugging work! What's the user-level symptom of
this? I.e., when this triggers does the device just appear to hang, or
does it cause reboots, or?

-Toke