ath9k: fix a DMA related race condition on reset

When ath_drain_all_txq fails to stop DMA, it issues a hw reset. This reset
happens at a very problematic point in time, when the hardware rx path has
not been stopped yet. This could lead to memory corruption, hardware hangs
or other issues.
To fix these issues, simply remove the reset entirely and check the tx DMA
stop status to prevent problems with fast channel changes.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index dace215b693e..928ef68ab40c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -244,11 +244,12 @@ int ath_set_channel(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
          * the relevant bits of the h/w.
          */
         ath9k_hw_set_interrupts(ah, 0);
-        ath_drain_all_txq(sc, false);
+        stopped = ath_drain_all_txq(sc, false);
 
         spin_lock_bh(&sc->rx.pcu_lock);
 
-        stopped = ath_stoprecv(sc);
+        if (!ath_stoprecv(sc))
+                stopped = false;
 
         /* XXX: do not flush receive queue here. We don't want
          * to flush data frames already in queue because of