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ath9k: fix bug in tx power

The ath9k driver subtracts 3 dBm to the txpower as with two radios the
signal power is doubled.
The resulting value is assigned in an u16 which overflows and makes
the card work at full power.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <matteo@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Matteo Croce 14 years ago
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841051602e
1 changed files with 8 additions and 4 deletions
  1. 8 4
      drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_def.c

+ 8 - 4
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom_def.c

@@ -1063,15 +1063,19 @@ static void ath9k_hw_set_def_power_per_rate_table(struct ath_hw *ah,
 	case 1:
 		break;
 	case 2:
-		scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN;
+		if (scaledPower > REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN)
+			scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_TWO_CHAIN;
+		else
+			scaledPower = 0;
 		break;
 	case 3:
-		scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN;
+		if (scaledPower > REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN)
+			scaledPower -= REDUCE_SCALED_POWER_BY_THREE_CHAIN;
+		else
+			scaledPower = 0;
 		break;
 	}
 
-	scaledPower = max((u16)0, scaledPower);
-
 	if (IS_CHAN_2GHZ(chan)) {
 		numCtlModes = ARRAY_SIZE(ctlModesFor11g) -
 			SUB_NUM_CTL_MODES_AT_2G_40;