[PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath12k: restore register window after global reset

Baochen Qiang baochen.qiang at oss.qualcomm.com
Thu Oct 16 19:36:36 PDT 2025


Hardware target implements an address space larger than that PCI BAR can
map. In order to be able to access the whole target address space, the
BAR space is split into 4 segments, of which the last 3, called windows,
can be dynamically mapped to the desired area. This is achieved by
updating WINDOW_REG_ADDRESS register with appropriate window value.
Currently each time when accessing a register that beyond WINDOW_START,
host calculates the window value and caches it after window update,
this way next time when accessing a register falling in the same window,
host knows that the window is already good hence no additional update
needed.

However this mechanism breaks after global reset is triggered in
ath12k_pci_soc_global_reset(), because with global reset hardware resets
WINDOW_REG_ADDRESS register hence the window is not properly mapped any
more. Current host does nothing about this, as a result a subsequent
register access may not work as expected if it falls in a window same as
before.

Although there is no obvious issue seen now, better to fix it to avoid
future problem. The fix is done by restoring the window register after
global reset.

Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c5-00284.1-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3

Fixes: d889913205cf ("wifi: ath12k: driver for Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices")
Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang at oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/pci.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/pci.c
index c729d5526c753d2b7b7542b6f2a145e71b335a43..60b8f7361b7f63704cee79e0013804e71ac42d7b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/pci.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2019-2021 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2021-2025 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -218,6 +218,19 @@ static inline bool ath12k_pci_is_offset_within_mhi_region(u32 offset)
 	return (offset >= PCI_MHIREGLEN_REG && offset <= PCI_MHI_REGION_END);
 }
 
+static void ath12k_pci_restore_window(struct ath12k_base *ab)
+{
+	struct ath12k_pci *ab_pci = ath12k_pci_priv(ab);
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&ab_pci->window_lock);
+
+	iowrite32(WINDOW_ENABLE_BIT | ab_pci->register_window,
+		  ab->mem + WINDOW_REG_ADDRESS);
+	ioread32(ab->mem + WINDOW_REG_ADDRESS);
+
+	spin_unlock_bh(&ab_pci->window_lock);
+}
+
 static void ath12k_pci_soc_global_reset(struct ath12k_base *ab)
 {
 	u32 val, delay;
@@ -242,6 +255,11 @@ static void ath12k_pci_soc_global_reset(struct ath12k_base *ab)
 	val = ath12k_pci_read32(ab, PCIE_SOC_GLOBAL_RESET);
 	if (val == 0xffffffff)
 		ath12k_warn(ab, "link down error during global reset\n");
+
+	/* Restore window register as its content is cleared during
+	 * hardware global reset, such that it aligns with host cache.
+	 */
+	ath12k_pci_restore_window(ab);
 }
 
 static void ath12k_pci_clear_dbg_registers(struct ath12k_base *ab)

---
base-commit: d5ce93f136fbee2b7afbe221f34ca881036f8de3
change-id: 20250724-ath12k-reset-window-cache-b9b4ef620582

Best regards,
-- 
Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang at oss.qualcomm.com>




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