[PATCH 2/2] wifi: ath12k: skip unknown direct buffer ring module IDs

Nazar Mokrynskyi nazar at mokrynskyi.com
Tue May 5 10:24:15 PDT 2026


The firmware may advertise direct buffer ring capabilities for module
IDs beyond what the driver currently knows about (WMI_DIRECT_BUF_MAX).
This happens with newer firmware versions that support additional ring
types not yet implemented in the driver.

The current code treats an unknown module_id as a fatal error, returning
-EINVAL and tearing down the entire driver initialization. This is
incorrect: the driver only needs to set up rings for types it uses
(SPECTRAL=0, CFR=1) and can safely ignore capability advertisements for
unknown types.

Change the unknown module_id handling to skip the entry with a debug
message rather than failing, allowing initialization to proceed.

Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.6-01243-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

Signed-off-by: Nazar Mokrynskyi <nazar at mokrynskyi.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c
index 484fdd3b1..0e776a8d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c
@@ -4814,10 +4814,10 @@ static int ath12k_wmi_dma_ring_caps(struct ath12k_base *ab,
 	dir_buff_caps = ab->db_caps;
 	for (i = 0; i < dma_caps_parse->n_dma_ring_caps; i++) {
 		if (le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].module_id) >= WMI_DIRECT_BUF_MAX) {
-			ath12k_warn(ab, "Invalid module id %d\n",
-				    le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].module_id));
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-			goto free_dir_buff;
+			ath12k_dbg(ab, ATH12K_DBG_WMI,
+				   "Skipping unknown direct buf ring module id %d\n",
+				   le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].module_id));
+			continue;
 		}
 
 		dir_buff_caps[i].id = le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].module_id);
@@ -4829,10 +4829,6 @@ static int ath12k_wmi_dma_ring_caps(struct ath12k_base *ab,
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-
-free_dir_buff:
-	ath12k_wmi_free_dbring_caps(ab);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static void
-- 
2.43.0




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