ath10k + iw set bitrates is causing FW crash

Krishna Chaitanya chaitanya.mgit at gmail.com
Fri Jul 8 08:39:40 PDT 2016


On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 9:07 PM, Krishna Chaitanya
<chaitanya.mgit at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 8:57 PM, Krishna Chaitanya
> <chaitanya.mgit at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Manoharan, Rajkumar
>> <rmanohar at qti.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>>> I think security failures are due to peer unmap & map upon reassoc. Can you please try below change?
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
>>> index 5e1cc8f4c43c..f7f04bb46fc8 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
>>> @@ -5745,8 +5745,9 @@ static void ath10k_sta_rc_update_wk(struct work_struct *wk)
>>>                                     sta->addr, smps, err);
>>>         }
>>>
>>> -       if (changed & IEEE80211_RC_SUPP_RATES_CHANGED ||
>>> -           changed & IEEE80211_RC_NSS_CHANGED) {
>>> +       if ((changed & IEEE80211_RC_SUPP_RATES_CHANGED ||
>>> +           changed & IEEE80211_RC_NSS_CHANGED) &&
>>> +           (arvif->vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)) {
>>>                 ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_MAC, "mac update sta %pM supp rates/nss\n",
>>>                            sta->addr);
>>
>> Bottom posting please. I have tried your change i still see the same issue.
>> Right after connecting i see that packets are encrypted but once it
>> unset/set "bitrates" plain packets are seen in sniffer.
>>
>> BTW, i am not rebooting for each driver update, just re-inserting the module,
>> do i need to do a reboot for each driver change?
>
> After reboot i dont see the "unencrypted" packet issue, i will do
> some more testing on limiting the rates, currently in my setup its
> not reaching MCS9 so cannot verify now.
>
> Thanks for the fixes and prompt reply.
>   ________________________________________
>>> From: Krishna Chaitanya <chaitanya.mgit at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, July 8, 2016 5:26 PM
>>> To: Manoharan, Rajkumar
>>> Cc: linux-wireless; ath10k
>>> Subject: Re: ath10k + iw set bitrates is causing FW crash
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Manoharan, Rajkumar
>>> <rmanohar at qti.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I am using ath10k driver with qca988x hw2.0 and trying to limit it to use
>>>>>> VHT MCS0-7 (iw set bitrates vht-mcs-5 2:0-7).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But the command it causing a FW crash, if it disable HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL
>>>>>> no crash is observed but it still uses MCS9.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> tree: wireless-drivers-next: commit#535633a5ba4ea2504fa6c33176633becf0e59339
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) If i disable HW_RATE_CONTROL, will ath10k honor
>>>>>> the mac80211 rates?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Thanks for reporting the issue. Could you please try with below change?
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
>>>> index 5e1cc8f4c43c..cfa7e01a6103 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
>>>> @@ -2812,6 +2812,9 @@ static int ath10k_station_assoc(struct ath10k *ar,
>>>>                 return ret;
>>>>         }
>>>>
>>>> +       if (vif->type != NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)
>>>> +               peer_arg.peer_reassoc = reassoc;
>>>> +
>>>>         ret = ath10k_wmi_peer_assoc(ar, &peer_arg);
>>>>         if (ret) {
>>>>                 ath10k_warn(ar, "failed to run peer assoc for STA %pM vdev %i: %d\n",
>>>
>>> Thanks Raj, with this fix the rates are 0-7, if i disable then i am
>>> seeing 0-9, so its
>>> working.
>>>
>>> But i am seeing a weird issues, the moment i give bitrates command,
>>> ath10k no longer does encryption, link is a WPA2-PSK: AES. Even after
>>> interface up/down
>>> it doesn't work.

Also can you please tell me how to make ath10k use minstrel rc, its needed
for comparative purposes? Is disable HW_RATE_CONTROL enough or does
it need more changes?



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