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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mac.c31
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mac.c
index 06ef710..5b995be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mac.c
@@ -579,12 +579,39 @@ int ath9k_hw_process_rxdesc_edma(struct ath_hw *ah, struct ath_rx_status *rxs,
rxs->rs_flags |= ATH9K_RX_DECRYPT_BUSY;
if ((rxsp->status11 & AR_RxFrameOK) == 0) {
+ /*
+ * AR_CRCErr will bet set to true if we're on the last
+ * subframe and the AR_PostDelimCRCErr is caught.
+ * In a way this also gives us a guarantee that when
+ * (!(AR_CRCErr) && (AR_PostDelimCRCErr)) we cannot
+ * possibly be reviewing the last subframe. AR_CRCErr
+ * is the CRC of the actual data.
+ */
if (rxsp->status11 & AR_CRCErr) {
rxs->rs_status |= ATH9K_RXERR_CRC;
} else if (rxsp->status11 & AR_PHYErr) {
- rxs->rs_status |= ATH9K_RXERR_PHY;
phyerr = MS(rxsp->status11, AR_PHYErrCode);
- rxs->rs_phyerr = phyerr;
+ /*
+ * If we reach a point here where AR_PostDelimCRCErr is
+ * true it implies we're *not* on the last subframe. In
+ * in that case that we know already that the CRC of
+ * the frame was OK, and MAC would send an ACK for that
+ * subframe, even if we did get a phy error of type
+ * ATH9K_PHYERR_OFDM_RESTART. This is only applicable
+ * to frame that are prior to the last subframe.
+ * The AR_PostDelimCRCErr is the CRC for the MPDU
+ * delimiter, which contains the 4 reserved bits,
+ * the MPDU length (12 bits), and follows the MPDU
+ * delimiter for an A-MPDU subframe (0x4E = 'N' ASCII).
+ */
+ if ((phyerr == ATH9K_PHYERR_OFDM_RESTART) &&
+ (rxsp->status11 & AR_PostDelimCRCErr)) {
+ rxs->rs_phyerr = 0;
+ } else {
+ rxs->rs_status |= ATH9K_RXERR_PHY;
+ rxs->rs_phyerr = phyerr;
+ }
+
} else if (rxsp->status11 & AR_DecryptCRCErr) {
rxs->rs_status |= ATH9K_RXERR_DECRYPT;
} else if (rxsp->status11 & AR_MichaelErr) {