From: Alexander Mezin <mezin.alexander@gmail.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic with Linux 3.10-6
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:11:25 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20130816T190153-319@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 520C9FE5.6000203@broadcom.com
Arend van Spriel <arend@...> writes:
>
> On 08/15/2013 03:28 AM, Pedram Navid wrote:
> > With the latest 3.10-6 kernel I am receiving frequent and consistent
> > kernel panics. Downgrading to 3.9.5 resolves the issue.
>
> Thanks, Pedram
>
> I have had a couple of other report about this particular panic and did
> some investigation. It is a divide-by-zero causing the panic. I do have
> a patch to avoid that, but the root cause is something else. Is 3.10.6
> you see this on the unmodified stable release?
>
> The attached patch avoids the panic, but you will probably have crappy
> connectivity.
>
> Regards,
> Arend
>
I've temporarily solved the problem by reverting patch "mac80211/minstrel_ht:
fix cck rate sampling" [1]. After that - no error messages, no panic,
connection works at normal speed.
[1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-
stable.git/commit/?id=ef47a5e4f1aaf1d0e2e6875e34b2c9595897bef6
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2013-08-15 9:31 ` Kernel Panic with Linux 3.10-6 Arend van Spriel
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