[PATCH] wcn36xx: Ensure finish scan is not requested before start scan

Loic Poulain loic.poulain at linaro.org
Wed Aug 18 04:31:43 PDT 2021


From: Joseph Gates <jgates at squareup.com>

If the operating channel is the first in the scan list, it was seen that
a finish scan request would be sent before a start scan request was
sent, causing the firmware to fail all future scans. Track the current
channel being scanned to avoid requesting the scan finish before it
starts.

Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org>
Fixes: 5973a2947430 ("wcn36xx: Fix software-driven scan")
Signed-off-by: Joseph Gates <jgates at squareup.com>
Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain at linaro.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c    | 5 ++++-
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/wcn36xx.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c
index dabed4e..e8c772a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/main.c
@@ -405,13 +405,14 @@ static int wcn36xx_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed)
 		wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_MAC, "wcn36xx_config channel switch=%d\n",
 			    ch);
 
-		if (wcn->sw_scan_opchannel == ch) {
+		if (wcn->sw_scan_opchannel == ch && wcn->sw_scan_channel) {
 			/* If channel is the initial operating channel, we may
 			 * want to receive/transmit regular data packets, then
 			 * simply stop the scan session and exit PS mode.
 			 */
 			wcn36xx_smd_finish_scan(wcn, HAL_SYS_MODE_SCAN,
 						wcn->sw_scan_vif);
+			wcn->sw_scan_channel = 0;
 		} else if (wcn->sw_scan) {
 			/* A scan is ongoing, do not change the operating
 			 * channel, but start a scan session on the channel.
@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@ static int wcn36xx_config(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u32 changed)
 			wcn36xx_smd_init_scan(wcn, HAL_SYS_MODE_SCAN,
 					      wcn->sw_scan_vif);
 			wcn36xx_smd_start_scan(wcn, ch);
+			wcn->sw_scan_channel = ch;
 		} else {
 			wcn36xx_change_opchannel(wcn, ch);
 		}
@@ -699,6 +701,7 @@ static void wcn36xx_sw_scan_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 
 	wcn->sw_scan = true;
 	wcn->sw_scan_vif = vif;
+	wcn->sw_scan_channel = 0;
 	if (vif_priv->sta_assoc)
 		wcn->sw_scan_opchannel = WCN36XX_HW_CHANNEL(wcn);
 	else
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/wcn36xx.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/wcn36xx.h
index 71fa999..d0fcce8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/wcn36xx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/wcn36xx.h
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ struct wcn36xx {
 	struct cfg80211_scan_request *scan_req;
 	bool			sw_scan;
 	u8			sw_scan_opchannel;
+	u8			sw_scan_channel;
 	struct ieee80211_vif	*sw_scan_vif;
 	struct mutex		scan_lock;
 	bool			scan_aborted;
-- 
2.7.4




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