invalid vht params rate 1920 100kbps nss 2 mcs 9

Sun Jul 7 18:53:08 PDT 2024

On 7/5/2024 7:52 PM, Paul Menzel wrote:
> 
> Dear Baochen,
> 
> 
> Am 05.07.24 um 12:51 schrieb Baochen Qiang:
>>
>>
>> On 7/5/2024 2:55 PM, Paul Menzel wrote:
> 
>>> Am 05.07.24 um 04:47 schrieb Baochen Qiang:
>>>
>>>> On 6/26/2024 5:12 PM, Paul Menzel wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Am 26.06.24 um 10:53 schrieb Baochen Qiang:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/18/2024 6:33 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:
>>>>>>> + baochen
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> James Prestwood <prestwoj at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 6/17/24 8:27 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
>>>>>>>>> James Prestwood writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 6/16/24 6:10 AM, Paul Menzel wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Linux 6.10-rc3 (commit a3e18a540541) logged the warning below when
>>>>>>>>>>> connecting to a public WiFi:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>         ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: invalid vht params rate 1920 100kbps nss 2 mcs 9
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> This has been reported/discussed [1]. It was hinted that there was a
>>>>>>>>>> firmware fix for this, but none that I tried got rid of it. I got fed
>>>>>>>>>> up enough with the logs filling up with this I patched our kernel to
>>>>>>>>>> remove the warning. AFAICT it appears benign (?). Removing the warning
>>>>>>>>>> was purely "cosmetic" so other devs stopped complaining about it :)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/ath10k@lists.infradead.org/msg13406.html
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> More reliable link to the discussion:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/ath10k/76a816d983e6c4d636311738396f97971b5523fb.1612915444.git.skhan@linuxfoundation.org/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think we should add this workaround I mentioned in 2021:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>        "If the firmware still keeps sending invalid rates we should add a
>>>>>>>>>         specific check to ignore the known invalid values, but not all of
>>>>>>>>>         them."
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>        https://lore.kernel.org/ath10k/87h7mktjgi.fsf@codeaurora.org/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I guess that would be mcs == 7 and rate == 1440?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think its more than this combination (Paul's are different).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good point.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So how many combinations are we willing to add here? Seems like that
>>>>>>>> could get out of hand if there are more than a few invalid
>>>>>>>> combinations.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah, but there haven't been that many different values reported yet,
>>>>>>> right? And I expect that ath10k user base will just get smaller in the
>>>>>>> future so the chances are that we will get less reports.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Would we also want to restrict the workaround to specific
>>>>>>>> hardware/firmware?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good idea, limiting per hardware would be simple to implement using
>>>>>>> hw_params. Of course we could even limit this per firmware version using
>>>>>>> enum ath10k_fw_features, but not sure if that's worth all the extra work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Baochen, do you know more about this firmware bug? Any suggestions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OK, there are two issues here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. invalid HT rate: "ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: invalid ht params rate 1440 100kbps nss 2 mcs 7".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As commented by Wen quite some time ago, this has been fixed from
>>>>>> firmware side, and firmware newer than [ver:241] has the fix
>>>>>> included.
>>>>> This is the issue from 2021, correct?
>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. invaid VHT rate: "ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: invalid vht params rate 1920 100kbps nss 2 mcs 9".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After checking with firmware team, I thought this is because there is
>>>>>> a mismatch in rate definition between host and firmware: In host, the
>>>>>> rate for 'nss 2 mcs 9' is defined as {1560, 1733}, see
>>>>>> supported_vht_mcs_rate_nss2[]. While in firmware this is defined as
>>>>>> {1730, 1920}. So seems we can update host definition to avoid this
>>>>>> issue.
>>>>> Looking through the logs since May 2024, I have four different logs:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.  invalid vht params rate 878 100kbps nss 3 mcs 2
>>>>
>>>> which chip are you using when you hit this nss 3 issue? QCA6174
>>>> firmware does not support NSS 3 so really weird.
>>>
>>> This is all from the same device Dell XPS 13 9360 with QCA6174 and firmware 288.
>>>
>>> ```
>>> Mai 20 12:07:09 abreu kernel: Linux version 6.9.0-09705-g08b269af52c0 (build at bohemianrhapsody.molgen.mpg.de) (gcc (Debian 13.2.0-23) 13.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.42) #147 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon May 20 07:33:23 CEST 2024
>>> […]
>>> Mai 20 12:07:11 abreu kernel: ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00288- api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp,mfp crc32 bf907c7c
>>> […]
>>> Mai 20 15:37:55 abreu wpa_supplicant[613]: wlp58s0: Trying to associate with e2:b3:70:83:01:af (SSID='public' freq=5500 MHz)
>>> […]
>>> Mai 20 15:37:55 abreu kernel: wlp58s0: authenticate with e2:b3:70:83:01:af (local address=9c:b6:d0:d1:6a:b1)
>>> Mai 20 15:37:55 abreu kernel: wlp58s0: send auth to e2:b3:70:83:01:af (try 1/3)
>>> Mai 20 15:37:55 abreu kernel: wlp58s0: authenticated
>>> Mai 20 15:37:55 abreu kernel: wlp58s0: associate with e2:b3:70:83:01:af (try 1/3)
>>> Mai 20 15:37:55 abreu kernel: wlp58s0: RX AssocResp from e2:b3:70:83:01:af (capab=0x1501 status=0 aid=4)
>>> […]
>>> Mai 20 15:39:29 abreu wpa_supplicant[613]: wlp58s0: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-55 noise=-97 txrate=300000
>>> […]
>>> Mai 20 15:54:44 abreu kernel: ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: invalid vht params rate 878 100kbps nss 3 mcs 2
>>> ```
>>>
>>> It was some public WiFi in some restaurant. No idea, what hardware
>>> they use. Maybe you can deduce this from the MAC address.
>>
>> Then it is QCA6174 definitely.
> Sorry, I meant, I do not know, what the access points were.
Sorry, I commented at the wrong line :(

I was meaning the station you were using (i.e, the one you hit this issue) is QCA6174.

> 
>> Checked with firmware team and just know that, the TX rate info is
>> generated by firmware directly but for RX rate it is from phy side.
>> From firmware TX rate generation code seems NSS 3 is an impossible
>> value, so it might be an RX rate generated by phy side. But I could
>> not tell for now since the log is not complete. Paul, could you
>> enable full ath10k log and try to reproduce? With full log we can
>> check whether it is a RX rate issue,
> 
> Please tell me how I enable full logging. 
once boot, first unload ath10k modules by 

sudo modprobe -r ath10k_pci

then load ath10k modules with

sudo modprobe ath10k_core debug_mask=0xffffffff
sudo modprobe ath10k_pci

you should see lots of prints now

Also, I cannot promise I am going to be in the area with that WiFI in the next weeks.
Never mind.

> 
>>>>> 2.  invalid vht params rate 960 100kbps nss 1 mcs 9
>>>>> 3.  invalid vht params rate 1730 100kbps nss 2 mcs 9
>>>>> 4.  invalid vht params rate 1920 100kbps nss 2 mcs 9
>>>>
>>>> OK, these are due to mismatch between host and QCA6174 firmware, we
>>>> can update host to fix them.
>>
>> Kalle, the root cause to these three warnings are clear now and if
>> you agree I can submit patches to fix them. Or I can also wait until
>> the NSS 3 issue is clear.
> 
> Don’t hold your breath, that I am going to be able to get to the public WiFi network for 1. in the next weeks.
> 
>>> Nice. If there would be a test framework to test this, so I do not
>>> have to search for a Cisco network, that’d be great. >>
>>>>> I believe it’s only happening with Cisco networks. I am happy
>>>>> to test a patch.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Paul