ath10k AP "failed to delete peer" errors when using Nexus 5X

Tue Nov 17 18:53:11 PST 2015

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Robert Hancock <hancockrwd at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com> wrote:
>> On 11/08/2015 10:02 PM, Robert Hancock wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm using OpenWRT on a TP-Link Archer C7, currently running
>>> development rev 47397 which is kernel 4.1.1 and compat-wireless
>>> 2015-10-26. Ever since I got a new Nexus 5X phone, it seems like
>>> periodically (once a day or so), the 5GHz wireless (using ath10k)
>>> craps out and I get a bunch of errors in the kernel log on the router.
>>> I have to reboot the router to get the 5GHz working again. Full kernel
>>> log from one of these failures is below. Any thoughts on what is going
>>> on here?
>>>
>>> There are reports of a newer Android build (which I don't have yet)
>>> which supposedly has some wireless fixes on the Nexus 5X, but I'm not
>>> sure what it could be doing that would be causing the router to crap
>>> out like this.
>>
>>
>>> [ 2178.931641] ---[ end trace 6751cc6390d26848 ]---
>>> [ 2181.926812] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to delete peer
>>> 8c:3a:e3:15:29:f3 for vdev 0: -11
>>> [ 2184.946721] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to set beacon mode for
>>> vdev 0: -11
>>> [ 2187.946538] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to set dtim period for
>>> vdev 0: -11
>>> [ 2190.986373] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to recalculate rts/cts
>>> prot for vdev 0: -11
>>> [ 2193.986210] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to set protection mode
>>> 0 on vdev 0: -11
>>> [ 2196.986045] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to set preamble for vdev 0:
>>> -11
>>
>>
>> Usually this means firmware has stopped processing WMI messages.
>>
>> You might try different firmware versions in hopes one of them fixes the
>> problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>
> I tried switching to the 10.2.4.70.10-2 firmware version, which seems
> to be the latest version I can find for QCA988X. It seemed like it was
> working better (though it's hard to say as it happens sporadically),
> but then the failure happened again. Are there any newer versions than
> that one, or any other ideas?
>
> [   48.612363] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 (0x4100016c,
> 0x043202ff sub 0000:0000) fw 10.2.4.70.10-2 fwapi 5 bdapi 1 htt-ver
> 2.1 wmi-op 5 htt-op 2 cal file max-sta 128 raw 0 hwcrypto 1 features
> no-p2p,raw-mode
>
> ..
>
> [72071.328152] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to delete peer
> 64:bc:0c:46:e4:55 for vdev 0: -145
> [72071.336819] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [72071.341644] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2189 at
> /home/rob/openwrt/build_dir/target-mips_34kc_musl-1.1.11/linux-ar71xx_generic/compat-wireless-2015-10-26/net/mac80211/sta_info.c:918
> sta_set_sinfo+0x938/0x9d0 [mac80211]()
> [72071.360803] Modules linked in: pppoe ppp_async iptable_nat ath9k
> pppox ppp_generic nf_nat_ipv4 nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_conntrack_ipv4
> ipt_REJECT ipt_MASQUERADE ath9k_common xt_time xt_tcpudp xt_tcpmss
> xt_string xt_statistic xt_state xt_recent xt_nat xt_multiport xt_mark
> xt_mac xt_limit xt_length xt_id xt_hl xt_helper xt_ecn xt_dscp
> xt_conntrack xt_connmark xt_connlimit xt_connbytes xt_comment
> xt_TCPMSS xt_REDIRECT xt_LOG xt_HL xt_DSCP xt_CT xt_CLASSIFY usblp
> ts_kmp ts_fsm ts_bm slhc nf_reject_ipv4 nf_nat_redirect
> nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 nf_nat_ftp nf_nat nf_log_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv6
> nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_conntrack_rtcache nf_conntrack_ftp iptable_raw
> iptable_mangle iptable_filter ipt_ECN ip_tables crc_ccitt ath9k_hw
> em_cmp em_nbyte sch_teql sch_dsmark sch_tbf sch_pie act_ipt sch_gred
> sch_htb cls_basic sch_prio
> [72071.433472]  em_meta act_police em_text sch_codel sch_fq sch_sfq
> sch_red act_connmark nf_conntrack act_skbedit act_mirred em_u32
> cls_u32 cls_tcindex cls_flow cls_route cls_fw sch_hfsc sch_ingress
> ath10k_pci ath10k_core ath mac80211 cfg80211 compat ledtrig_usbdev
> xt_set ip_set_list_set ip_set_hash_netiface ip_set_hash_netport
> ip_set_hash_netnet ip_set_hash_net ip_set_hash_netportnet
> ip_set_hash_mac ip_set_hash_ipportnet ip_set_hash_ipportip
> ip_set_hash_ipport ip_set_hash_ipmark ip_set_hash_ip
> ip_set_bitmap_port ip_set_bitmap_ipmac ip_set_bitmap_ip ip_set
> nfnetlink ip6t_REJECT nf_reject_ipv6 nf_log_ipv6 nf_log_common
> ip6table_raw ip6table_mangle ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables msdos
> ifb sit tunnel4 ip_tunnel vfat fat usb_storage ohci_platform ohci_hcd
> ehci_platform ehci_hcd sd_mod scsi_mod gpio_button_hotplug
> [72071.505606]  ext4 jbd2 mbcache usbcore nls_base usb_common crc16 crypto_hash
> [72071.511521] CPU: 0 PID: 2189 Comm: hostapd Not tainted 4.1.11 #2
> [72071.517609] Stack : 803e42d2 00000034 00000000 00000001 8033cd38
> 80388723 878f6ab8 0000088d
>       803e352c 00000000 00000004 00000008 00000000 800a5d90 00000003 803420ac
>       00000396 00000000 803405c0 86a317e4 00000000 800a4418 803e42d2 000000c8
>       00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
>       00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
>       ...
> [72071.554023] Call Trace:
> [72071.556520] [<80072180>] show_stack+0x50/0x84
> [72071.560964] [<80081a48>] warn_slowpath_common+0xa0/0xd0
> [72071.566297] [<80081b00>] warn_slowpath_null+0x18/0x24
> [72071.571548] [<873869ec>] sta_set_sinfo+0x938/0x9d0 [mac80211]
>
> [72071.578995] ---[ end trace 8a40faa59ba0f534 ]---
> [72387.104598] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to install key for vdev
> 0 peer 8c:3a:e3:15:29:f3: -145
> [72387.113708] wlan0: failed to remove key (0, 8c:3a:e3:15:29:f3) from
> hardware (-145)
> [72387.129423] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: cipher 0 is not supported
> [72387.135418] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to remove peer wep key 0: -122
> [72387.142395] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to clear all peer wep
> keys for vdev 0: -122
> [72387.150541] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to disassociate
> station: 8c:3a:e3:15:29:f3 vdev 0: -122

Just as an update, ath10k-firmware recently added a new 10.2.4.70.12-2
firmware version for QCA988X, which seems to fix this problem.