[PATCH 1/2] wcn36xx: Treat repeated BMPS entry fail as connection loss

Bryan O'Donoghue bryan.odonoghue at linaro.org
Fri Oct 22 07:04:46 PDT 2021


On an open AP when you pull the plug on the AP, if we are not already in
BMPS mode then the firmware will not generate a disconnection event.

Instead we need to monitor for failure to enter BMPS and treat a string of
failures as connection loss.

Secure AP connections don't appear to demonstrate this behavior so the
work-around is limited to open APs only.

Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue at linaro.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/pmc.c     | 9 +++++++++
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/wcn36xx.h | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/pmc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/pmc.c
index 2d0780fefd477..592a9416e51f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/pmc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/pmc.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 #include "wcn36xx.h"
 
+#define WCN36XX_BMPS_FAIL_THREHOLD 3
+
 int wcn36xx_pmc_enter_bmps_state(struct wcn36xx *wcn,
 				 struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
 {
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ int wcn36xx_pmc_enter_bmps_state(struct wcn36xx *wcn,
 	if (!ret) {
 		wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_PMC, "Entered BMPS\n");
 		vif_priv->pw_state = WCN36XX_BMPS;
+		vif_priv->bmps_fail_ct = 0;
 		vif->driver_flags |= IEEE80211_VIF_BEACON_FILTER;
 	} else {
 		/*
@@ -39,6 +42,12 @@ int wcn36xx_pmc_enter_bmps_state(struct wcn36xx *wcn,
 		 * received just after auth complete
 		 */
 		wcn36xx_err("Can not enter BMPS!\n");
+
+		if (vif_priv->bmps_fail_ct++ == WCN36XX_BMPS_FAIL_THREHOLD) {
+			wcn36xx_err("BMPS fail exceeded connection loss\n");
+			ieee80211_connection_loss(vif);
+			vif_priv->bmps_fail_ct = 0;
+		}
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/wcn36xx.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/wcn36xx.h
index 9469feed1475f..871aab7fd4e60 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/wcn36xx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/wcn36xx.h
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ struct wcn36xx_vif {
 	} rekey_data;
 
 	struct list_head sta_list;
+
+	int bmps_fail_ct;
 };
 
 /**
-- 
2.33.0




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