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* [PATCH ath-next] ath9k: return ath_buf to pool on A-MPDU subframe retry
@ 2026-06-25  2:37 Rosen Penev
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From: Rosen Penev @ 2026-06-25  2:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-wireless; +Cc: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen, open list

When an A-MPDU subframe needs retransmission, its ath_buf descriptor was
moved to a local bf_head list that went out of scope without returning
the buffer to the free pool (sc->tx.txbuf). This progressively depletes
the 512-entry TX buffer pool under normal retransmission conditions,
eventually stalling all TX.

Unmap the DMA mapping (a new one will be created on retry), clear the
buffer references, and return it to the pool via ath_tx_return_buffer.

Assisted-by: opencode:big-pickle
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
index 57e451548958..350eed276cc0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -665,6 +665,15 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_aggr(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
 			 * queue to retain ordering
 			 */
 			__skb_queue_tail(&bf_pending, skb);
+
+			if (!list_empty(&bf_head)) {
+				dma_unmap_single(sc->dev, bf->bf_buf_addr,
+						 skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+				bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
+				bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
+				list_del(&bf->list);
+				ath_tx_return_buffer(sc, bf);
+			}
 		}

 		bf = bf_next;
--
2.54.0


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