[PATCH/RFT v2 1/4] ath10k: fix add_interface failure handling

Kalle Valo kvalo at qca.qualcomm.com
Tue Oct 8 08:54:11 EDT 2013


Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com> writes:

> If something failed along add_interface() setup it
> was possible to leak a vdev id, vdev and peer.
>
> This could end up with leaked FW state or FW crash
> (assuming add_interface() failure wasn't a result of
> a crash).
>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com>

Then I apply this patch on top of current ath.git master branch (commit
18fe0b53e76) interface up fails on the managed mode:

$ sudo ip link set wlan1 up
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument

Logs don't have anything special (the TX encap error was already
before):

[ 1259.818863] ath10k: MSI-X didn't succeed (1), trying MSI
[ 1259.819298] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: irq 49 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1259.820055] ath10k: MSI interrupt handling
[ 1260.747877] ath10k: UART prints disabled
[ 1260.828219] ath10k: firmware 10.1.389 booted
[ 1260.837585] ath10k: htt target version 2.1
[ 1260.838498] ath10k: Failed to set TX encap: -22

-- 
Kalle Valo



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