Re: [PATCH v5.18] ath9k: Save rate counts before clearing tx status area

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 03:14:53PM +0200, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
> Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> writes:
> 
> > On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 02:27:51PM +0200, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
> >> From: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
> >> 
> >> The ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status() helper also clears the rate counts, so
> >> we should restore them after clearing. However, we can get rid of the
> >> existing clearing of the counts of invalid rates. Rearrange the code a bit
> >> so the order fits the indexes, and so the setting of the count to
> >> hw->max_rate_tries on underrun is not immediately overridden.
> >> 
> >> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> >> Reported-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>
> >> Fixes: 037250f0a45c ("ath9k: Properly clear TX status area before reporting to mac80211")
> >> Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
> >>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> >
> > What is the git commit id of this change in Linus's tree?
> 
> You mean the commit referred to in the Fixes: tag, right? That's not in
> Linus' tree yet, it's a follow-up to a commit that was merged into the
> wireless tree yesterday and marked for stable, so the two commits should
> be added to stable together once they do hit Linus' tree.
> 
> I forgot to add the stable Cc when sending out the previous patch, so
> Kalle added it when committing; so I guess you haven't seen that one? :)

Ah, sorry, I thought this was a request to add a specific patch to the
stable tree.  Nevermind, sorry for the noise.

greg k-h