ieee80211_tx_status: headroom too small
Username: Enrique Rodriguez
Origin: https://bugs.openwrt.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=1467
Latest LEDE on Gateworks Newport GW6300 (octeontx) with Compex WLE900VX ath10k radio. Using 4.14.13 mainline OpenWrt kernel
The syslog is getting spammed with “headroom too small” errors when a monitor wireless interface exists and a station gets connected:
Thu Jan 1 00:52:00 1970 kern.err kernel: [ 157.740108] ieee80211_tx_status: headroom too small Thu Jan 1 00:52:01 1970 kern.err kernel: [ 158.764099] ieee80211_tx_status: headroom too small Thu Jan 1 00:52:02 1970 kern.err kernel: [ 159.788129] ieee80211_tx_status: headroom too small
These errors are shown using ath10k and ath10k-ct driver versions (currently using ath10k-ct)
Steps to reproduce:
Create a new monitor wireless interface
iw phy phy0 interface add mon0 type monitor ip l set dev mon0 up
Connect a client to the access point configured radio
Full logread info attached separately