1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
index ad5f88879dc4..504a0444d89f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -49,10 +49,12 @@ static void ath_rx_buf_link(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_buf *bf)
         ASSERT(skb != NULL);
         ds->ds_vdata = skb->data;
 
-        /* setup rx descriptors */
+        /* setup rx descriptors. The sc_rxbufsize here tells the harware
+         * how much data it can DMA to us and that we are prepared
+         * to process */
         ath9k_hw_setuprxdesc(ah,
                              ds,
-                             skb_tailroom(skb),   /* buffer size */
+                             sc->sc_rxbufsize,
                              0);
 
         if (sc->sc_rxlink == NULL)
@@ -398,6 +400,13 @@ static struct sk_buff *ath_rxbuf_alloc(struct ath_softc *sc,
          * in rx'd frames.
          */
 
+        /* Note: the kernel can allocate a value greater than
+         * what we ask it to give us. We really only need 4 KB as that
+         * is this hardware supports and in fact we need at least 3849
+         * as that is the MAX AMSDU size this hardware supports.
+         * Unfortunately this means we may get 8 KB here from the
+         * kernel... and that is actually what is observed on some
+         * systems :( */
         skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + sc->sc_cachelsz - 1);
         if (skb != NULL) {
                 off = ((unsigned long) skb->data) % sc->sc_cachelsz;