[PATCH] Revert "ath10k: send (re)assoc peer command when NSS changed"

[Adrian Chadd]

hi!

On 25 February 2018 at 22:16, Karthikeyan Periyasamy
<periyasa at codeaurora.org> wrote:
> This reverts commit 55884c045d31a29cf69db8332d1064a1b61dd159.
>
> When Ath10k is in AP mode and an unassociated STA sends a VHT action frame
> (Operating Mode Notification for the NSS change) periodically to AP this causes
> ath10k to call ath10k_station_assoc() which sends WMI_PEER_ASSOC_CMDID during
> NSS update. Over the time (with a certain client it can happen within 15 mins
> when there are over 500 of these VHT action frames) continuous calls of
> WMI_PEER_ASSOC_CMDID cause firmware to assert due to resource exhaust.
>
> To my knowledge setting WMI_PEER_NSS peer param itself enough to handle NSS
> updates and no need to call ath10k_station_assoc(). So revert the original
> commit from 2014 as it's unclear why the change was really needed.
> Now the firmware assert doesn't happen anymore.
>
> Issue observed in QCA9984 platform with firmware version:10.4-3.5.3-00053.
> This Change tested in QCA9984 with firmware version: 10.4-3.5.3-00053 and
> QCA988x platform with firmware version: 10.2.4-1.0-00036.

Did you test this on any of the other major firmware variants? I
wonder if it snuck in because of some firmware quirk in something way
before dakota/cascade and 10.4 were a thing.

Eg, Peregrine? Rome? Maybe even earlier Beeliner, just to double check?

Thanks,



-adrian