ath9k: DMA error without scan optimization.

As a work-around, I disabled the scan optimization by running one wpa-supplicant per interface. This makes the system much more stable, and it ran overnight with 30 STA interfaces at low speed (64kbps tx + rx for each STA).

This morning, I bumped speed to 384Kbps, and it ran fine for 30 minutes or so. Then, I noticed this error on the console.

The system seems OK still, but I figure it's a matter of time.

Any suggestions for working around this error? Maybe try stopping DMA several times in a loop?

sta7: detected beacon loss from AP - sending probe request
ath: DMA failed to stop in 10 ms AR_CR=0x00000024 AR_DIAG_SW=0x42000020

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WARNING: at /home/greearb/git/linux.wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c:532 ath_stoprecv+0x90/0x9a [ath9k]()
Hardware name: PDSBM
Could not stop RX, we could be confusing the DMA engine when we start RX up
Modules linked in: michael_mic aes_i586 aes_generic 8021q garp stp llc macvlan pktgen fuse nfs lockd fscache nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc ipv6 uinput arc4 ecb ath9k mac80211 ath9k_common ath9k_hw microcode ath e1000e cfg80211 iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support pcspkr i2c_i801 i915 drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit i2c_core video output [last unloaded: ipt_addrtype]
Pid: 24656, comm: kworker/u:2 Tainted: G        W   2.6.37-rc3-wl+ #53
Call Trace:
 [<78436fe9>] warn_slowpath_common+0x77/0x8c
 [<f8f6c19e>] ? ath_stoprecv+0x90/0x9a [ath9k]
 [<f8f6c19e>] ? ath_stoprecv+0x90/0x9a [ath9k]
 [<7843707a>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x2e/0x30
 [<f8f6c19e>] ath_stoprecv+0x90/0x9a [ath9k]
 [<f8f6a495>] ath_reset+0x55/0x163 [ath9k]
 [<7844090e>] ? process_timeout+0x0/0xa
 [<f8f6b9c9>] ath_hw_check+0x3f/0x4a [ath9k]
 [<78447000>] process_one_work+0x1af/0x2bf
 [<78446f8f>] ? process_one_work+0x13e/0x2bf
 [<f8f6b98a>] ? ath_hw_check+0x0/0x4a [ath9k]
 [<7844874e>] worker_thread+0xf9/0x1bf
 [<78448655>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x1bf
 [<7844b27e>] kthread+0x62/0x67
 [<7844b21c>] ? kthread+0x0/0x67
 [<784036c6>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x1a
---[ end trace c9b5512870bdacf6 ]---

ath: DMA failed to stop in 10 ms AR_CR=0x00000024 AR_DIAG_SW=0x42000020

Ben Greear <[email protected]>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com