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On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Bob Copeland <m...@bobcopeland.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Robert Brown <robert.br...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > There seems to be stale data in the skb that ath5k_tacklet_rx passes to
> > __ieee80211_rx_handle_packet. Note that ieee80211_deliver_skb does not
> pass
> > it along to netif_rx.
>
> It'd be interesting to know where mac80211 drops it.
>
I'll try to figure that out.
> Does this information help figure out the problem? Both instances of
> > corruption that I've seen today appear related to stale data in
> > ath5k_tasklet_rx's skb.
>
> Yeah it's a very good clue. How many hops are you from the FTP server?
Two hops. Mac Mini to Linksys access point to Acer Aspire One.
> As someone suggested earlier, I should collect a network trace with a
> > separate computer to see what's being transmitted over the air.
>
> I think this would be pretty useful, so we could see if there are TCP
> retransmissions, etc. Can you also add a printk of the addresses ("%p")
> of skb->data and bf frmo the rx tasklet?
I've added more printk statements. I'll grab a copy of wireshark.
bob
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