ath5k: Always free tx buffers before reset
* Always free tx buffers before reset, since we also empty hw queues.
If we don't and a queue gets stuck, we'll never decrease txq_len and sw
will keep thinking the queue is still stuck even after reset.
Signed-off-by: Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
index 5ece947..1522cf8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
@@ -2661,9 +2661,11 @@
synchronize_irq(sc->irq);
stop_tasklets(sc);
+ /* We are going to empty hw queues
+ * so we should also free any remaining
+ * tx buffers */
+ ath5k_drain_tx_buffs(sc);
if (chan) {
- ath5k_drain_tx_buffs(sc);
-
sc->curchan = chan;
sc->curband = &sc->sbands[chan->band];
}