/*************************/
 
 #define ATH_TXBUF_RESET(_bf) do {                              \
-               (_bf)->bf_status = 0;                           \
+               (_bf)->bf_stale = false;                        \
                (_bf)->bf_lastbf = NULL;                        \
                (_bf)->bf_next = NULL;                          \
                memset(&((_bf)->bf_state), 0,                   \
                       sizeof(struct ath_buf_state));           \
        } while (0)
 
+#define ATH_RXBUF_RESET(_bf) do {              \
+               (_bf)->bf_stale = false;        \
+       } while (0)
+
 /**
  * enum buffer_type - Buffer type flags
  *
        int bfs_seqno;
        int bfs_tidno;
        int bfs_retries;
-       u32 bf_type;
+       u8 bf_type;
        u32 bfs_keyix;
        enum ath9k_key_type bfs_keytype;
 };
        struct ath_desc *bf_desc;       /* virtual addr of desc */
        dma_addr_t bf_daddr;            /* physical addr of desc */
        dma_addr_t bf_buf_addr;         /* physical addr of data buffer */
-       u32 bf_status;
+       bool bf_stale;
        u16 bf_flags;
        struct ath_buf_state bf_state;
        dma_addr_t bf_dmacontext;
 };
 
-#define ATH_RXBUF_RESET(_bf)    ((_bf)->bf_status = 0)
-#define ATH_BUFSTATUS_STALE     0x00000002
-
 struct ath_descdma {
        const char *dd_name;
        struct ath_desc *dd_desc;
 
                        ath_tx_complete_buf(sc, bf, &bf_head, !txfail, sendbar);
                } else {
                        /* retry the un-acked ones */
-                       if (bf->bf_next == NULL &&
-                           bf_last->bf_status & ATH_BUFSTATUS_STALE) {
+                       if (bf->bf_next == NULL && bf_last->bf_stale) {
                                struct ath_buf *tbf;
 
                                tbf = ath_clone_txbuf(sc, bf_last);
 
                bf = list_first_entry(&txq->axq_q, struct ath_buf, list);
 
-               if (bf->bf_status & ATH_BUFSTATUS_STALE) {
+               if (bf->bf_stale) {
                        list_del(&bf->list);
                        spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
 
                 * it with the STALE flag.
                 */
                bf_held = NULL;
-               if (bf->bf_status & ATH_BUFSTATUS_STALE) {
+               if (bf->bf_stale) {
                        bf_held = bf;
                        if (list_is_last(&bf_held->list, &txq->axq_q)) {
                                txq->axq_link = NULL;
                 * however leave the last descriptor back as the holding
                 * descriptor for hw.
                 */
-               lastbf->bf_status |= ATH_BUFSTATUS_STALE;
+               lastbf->bf_stale = true;
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bf_head);
                if (!list_is_singular(&lastbf->list))
                        list_cut_position(&bf_head,