Re: [ 38/89] ath9k: add a better fix for the rx tasklet vs rx flushrace

[Ben Hutchings]

On Fri, 2013-02-01 at 14:07 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 3.7-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> commit 7fc00a3054b70b1794c2d64db703eb467ad0365c upstream.
> 
> Ensure that the rx tasklet is no longer running when entering the reset path.
> Also remove the distinction between flush and no-flush frame processing.
> If a frame has been received and ACKed by the hardware, the stack needs to see
> it, so that the BA receive window does not go out of sync.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Are this and the following 3 fixes required for earlier kernel versions
)3.0, 3.2, 3.4)?  If so, could you provide backports?

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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                                                           - Albert Einstein

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