Re: Bug: USB wifi card TL-WN722N (AR9271, ath9k_htc) fails to get DHCP lease

[lolilolicon <lolilolicon@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
> On 06/29/2014 04:32 AM, lolilolicon wrote:
>>
>> % git bisect start 88daf80 010d3c3 35582ad
>> 88daf80dcca19ff995cc263592426f734a9702f3 is the first bad commit
>>
>> What am I getting wrong?
>
>
> I am not an expert in git, but I think you are being too restrictive with
> that command. If you do "git bisect start 88daf80 010d3c3", there are ath9k
> patches in the code left to test. With the other option "git bisect start
> 88daf80 35582ad", git visualize does not show any ath9k changes.

In fact it was through `git bisect start 88daf80 010d3c3` that I found
out 35582ad was good:

% git bisect log
# bad: [88daf80dcca19ff995cc263592426f734a9702f3] Merge branch
'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next
into for-davem
# good: [010d3c3989706d800ae72253773fa6537cc9f74c] bonding: fix
bond_arp_rcv() race of curr_active_slave
git bisect start '88daf80dcca19ff995cc263592426f734a9702f3'
'010d3c3989706d800ae72253773fa6537cc9f74c'
# good: [841577c3d33b8a2bff66d1b506d8198b25900bde] Merge branch
'for-john' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211-next
git bisect good 841577c3d33b8a2bff66d1b506d8198b25900bde
# good: [e57f1734d87aa0e9a00905ed08888f0c62f56227] mwifiex: add key
material v2 support
git bisect good e57f1734d87aa0e9a00905ed08888f0c62f56227
# good: [0e028ab0fb2da47fd235dafd4159859892e73d08] Merge branch
'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless
git bisect good 0e028ab0fb2da47fd235dafd4159859892e73d08
# good: [41ed1a787c4940d58d5870c633ab6291dd4679dd] wlcore: consider
multiple APs when checking active_link_count
git bisect good 41ed1a787c4940d58d5870c633ab6291dd4679dd
# good: [546c505bdc64c471be33a5ab525458431d718f5e] wcn36xx: Wait
longer for SMD commands to complete
git bisect good 546c505bdc64c471be33a5ab525458431d718f5e
# good: [2ba0b46175967a40773f8be15f6678307fa3f45a] wcn36xx: Rename
wcn36xx_vif.ucast_dpu_signature to self_ucast_dpu_sign
git bisect good 2ba0b46175967a40773f8be15f6678307fa3f45a
# good: [908628db148ed542fcfde1bff9e5d4607f684b73] wcn36xx: Update
dtim period before starting BSS
git bisect good 908628db148ed542fcfde1bff9e5d4607f684b73
# good: [35582ad9d342025653aaf28ed321bf5352488d7f] Staging: rtl8812ae:
remove modules field of rate_control_ops
git bisect good 35582ad9d342025653aaf28ed321bf5352488d7f
# first bad commit: [88daf80dcca19ff995cc263592426f734a9702f3] Merge
branch 'master' of
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next
into for-davem

I think `git bisect start 88daf80 35582ad` would probably get me a
series of good commits and reach 010d3c3, in the same manner.

Since 88daf80, which is bad, has two parents which are both good, I
feel that it's the merge that produced the bug. Maybe 88daf80 is one
of those "evil merges"?

% git show 88daf80
commit 88daf80dcca19ff995cc263592426f734a9702f3
Merge: 010d3c3 35582ad
Author: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 20 15:02:02 2014 -0500

    Merge branch 'master' of
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next
into for-davem


>
> Larry
>