[PATCH] wifi: ath11k: fix warning when unbinding

[Rameshkumar Sundaram]

On 5/7/2026 12:38 PM, Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez wrote:
> Hello Rameshkumar,
> 
> The hardwre that I am using is QCNFA765, but I think it is something
> related to ath11k driver and not related to some specific hardware.
> 
> I am running with the latest upstream kernel and I can reproduce it, so
> I think it is not related with the problems that you comment.
> 
> Let me repeat this to try to clarify:
> 
> The easiest way to reproduce it is to run in a VM the default upstream
> kernel (with this card using PCI passthrough), and since this is always
> failing, just unbind the device (ath11k_pci).


What is the exact failure? Do you see any driver error logs when it occurs?

> 
> The same problem was fixed by me for ath12k driver here ca68ce0d9f4b
> ("wifi: ath12k: fix warning when unbinding"), and I have seen the same
> problem is also happening for ath11k driver.
> 

Got it. I was just thinking along with the proposed fix — whether we 
might also need to handle the sequencing on QMI failure.
In other words, do you think the issue(double free) would still be 
reproducible if we include a change like below ?

index 1397756d6251..5bbb53a6b404 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/qmi.c
@@ -3295,7 +3295,11 @@ static void ath11k_qmi_driver_event_work(struct 
work_struct *work)
                         clear_bit(ATH11K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH,
                                   &ab->dev_flags);
                         clear_bit(ATH11K_FLAG_RECOVERY, &ab->dev_flags);
-                       ath11k_core_qmi_firmware_ready(ab);
+                       ret = ath11k_core_qmi_firmware_ready(ab);
+                       if (ret) {
+                               set_bit(ATH11K_FLAG_QMI_FAIL, 
&ab->dev_flags);
+                               break;
+                       }
                         set_bit(ATH11K_FLAG_REGISTERED, &ab->dev_flags);

                         break;



--
Ramesh