[PATCH v7] ath10k: fix crash in recent 3.5.3 9984 firmware due wrong handling of peer_bw_rxnss_override parameter

Sebastian Gottschall s.gottschall at dd-wrt.com
Mon Apr 30 15:14:33 PDT 2018


>> +    /* only 4x4 configuration do support 2x2 for VHT160, everything 
>> else must use 1x1 */
>> +    if (ar->cfg_rx_chainmask == 15)
>> +        nss160 = arg->peer_num_spatial_streams <= 2 ? 
>> arg->peer_num_spatial_streams : 2;
>
> If peer nss == 3, then nss160 must be 1x1.  That is why I previously 
> suggested the code that set nss160 to equal nss / 2
> (with special case to bump nss160 to 1x1 if nss == 1.
btw. it doesnt matter if the peer sends with 3x3 or even 4x4, i still 
can receive with 2x2. thats no conflict. switching back to 1x1 of the 
peer sends vht160 with 3x3 makes no real sense
i dont have to turn off a chain, if i'm able todo 2x2, no matter what 
the peer does. i just have to limit the maximum

>
> A 9984 peer with chainmask configured to 0x7 would hit this case I think.
>
> Overall this looks better than previous patches though.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
>> +
>> +    /* in case if peer is connected with vht160 or vht80+80, we need 
>> to properly adjust rxnss parameters otherwise firmware will raise a 
>> assert */
>> +    switch(arg->peer_phymode) {
>> +    case MODE_11AC_VHT80_80:
>> +        arg->peer_bw_rxnss_override = BW_NSS_FWCONF_80_80(nss160);
>> +    /* fall through */
>> +    case MODE_11AC_VHT160:
>> +        arg->peer_bw_rxnss_override |= BW_NSS_FWCONF_160(nss160);
>> +    break;
>> +    default:
>> +    break;
>>       }
>> +
>> +    ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_MAC, "mac vht peer %pM max_mpdu %d 
>> flags 0x%x peer_bw_rxnss_override 0x%x\n",
>> +           sta->addr, arg->peer_max_mpdu, arg->peer_flags, 
>> arg->peer_bw_rxnss_override);
>>   }
>>
>>   static void ath10k_peer_assoc_h_qos(struct ath10k *ar,
>> @@ -2696,9 +2700,9 @@ static int ath10k_peer_assoc_prepare(struct 
>> ath10k *ar,
>>       ath10k_peer_assoc_h_crypto(ar, vif, sta, arg);
>>       ath10k_peer_assoc_h_rates(ar, vif, sta, arg);
>>       ath10k_peer_assoc_h_ht(ar, vif, sta, arg);
>> +    ath10k_peer_assoc_h_phymode(ar, vif, sta, arg);
>>       ath10k_peer_assoc_h_vht(ar, vif, sta, arg);
>>       ath10k_peer_assoc_h_qos(ar, vif, sta, arg);
>> -    ath10k_peer_assoc_h_phymode(ar, vif, sta, arg);
>>
>>       return 0;
>>   }
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c 
>> b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
>> index 2c36256a441d..3797dca317ff 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
>> @@ -7211,12 +7211,7 @@ ath10k_wmi_peer_assoc_fill_10_4(struct ath10k 
>> *ar, void *buf,
>>       struct wmi_10_4_peer_assoc_complete_cmd *cmd = buf;
>>
>>       ath10k_wmi_peer_assoc_fill_10_2(ar, buf, arg);
>> -    if (arg->peer_bw_rxnss_override)
>> -        cmd->peer_bw_rxnss_override =
>> -            __cpu_to_le32((arg->peer_bw_rxnss_override - 1) |
>> -                      BIT(PEER_BW_RXNSS_OVERRIDE_OFFSET));
>> -    else
>> -        cmd->peer_bw_rxnss_override = 0;
>> +    cmd->peer_bw_rxnss_override = 
>> __cpu_to_le32(arg->peer_bw_rxnss_override);
>>   }
>>
>>   static int
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h 
>> b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h
>> index 46ae19bb2c92..1fe0aa5523a6 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h
>> @@ -6380,7 +6380,19 @@ struct wmi_10_2_peer_assoc_complete_cmd {
>>       __le32 info0; /* WMI_PEER_ASSOC_INFO0_ */
>>   } __packed;
>>
>> -#define PEER_BW_RXNSS_OVERRIDE_OFFSET  31
>> +#define BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_ENABLE             (1 << 31)
>> +#define BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_160MHZ_S           (0)
>> +#define BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_160MHZ_M           (0x00000007)
>> +#define BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_80_80MHZ_S         (3)
>> +#define BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_80_80MHZ_M         (0x00000038)
>> +#define BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_M                  (0x0000003F)
>> +
>> +#define GET_BW_NSS_FWCONF_160(x)             ((((x) & 
>> BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_160MHZ_M) >> BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_160MHZ_S) + 1)
>> +#define GET_BW_NSS_FWCONF_80_80(x)           ((((x) & 
>> BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_80_80MHZ_M) >> BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_80_80MHZ_S) + 1)
>> +
>> +/* Values defined to set 160 MHz Bandwidth NSS Mapping into FW*/
>> +#define BW_NSS_FWCONF_160(x)          (BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_ENABLE | 
>> (((x - 1) << BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_160MHZ_S) & BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_160MHZ_M))
>> +#define BW_NSS_FWCONF_80_80(x)        (BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_ENABLE | 
>> (((x - 1) << BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_80_80MHZ_S) & 
>> BW_NSS_FWCONF_MAP_80_80MHZ_M))
>>
>>   struct wmi_10_4_peer_assoc_complete_cmd {
>>       struct wmi_10_2_peer_assoc_complete_cmd cmd;
>>
>
>

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