[PATCH 2/2] ath10k: fix peer limit enforcement

Michal Kazior michal.kazior at tieto.com
Wed Aug 5 03:15:24 PDT 2015


Firmware peer entries are involved in internal
firmware vdev structures. This was not accounted
for and could lead firmware to crash due to asking
it to do more than it could.

Fixes: 039a0051ec1a ("ath10k: allocate fw resources for iface combinations")
Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
index 4f6dddac8e43..29ad1d3deb82 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
@@ -598,11 +598,19 @@ ath10k_mac_get_any_chandef_iter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 static int ath10k_peer_create(struct ath10k *ar, u32 vdev_id, const u8 *addr,
 			      enum wmi_peer_type peer_type)
 {
+	struct ath10k_vif *arvif;
+	int num_peers = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&ar->conf_mutex);
 
-	if (ar->num_peers >= ar->max_num_peers)
+	num_peers = ar->num_peers;
+
+	/* Each vdev consumes a peer entry as well */
+	list_for_each_entry(arvif, &ar->arvifs, list)
+		num_peers++;
+
+	if (num_peers >= ar->max_num_peers)
 		return -ENOBUFS;
 
 	ret = ath10k_wmi_peer_create(ar, vdev_id, addr, peer_type);
@@ -4086,6 +4094,11 @@ static int ath10k_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		       sizeof(arvif->bitrate_mask.control[i].vht_mcs));
 	}
 
+	if (ar->num_peers >= ar->max_num_peers) {
+		ath10k_warn(ar, "refusing vdev creation due to insufficient peer entry resources in firmware\n");
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+	}
+
 	if (ar->free_vdev_map == 0) {
 		ath10k_warn(ar, "Free vdev map is empty, no more interfaces allowed.\n");
 		ret = -EBUSY;
-- 
2.1.4




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