[PATCH v4 2/2] ath10k: start recovery process when payload length exceeds max htc length for sdio

[Kalle Valo]

Wen Gong <wgong at codeaurora.org> wrote:

> When simulate random transfer fail for sdio write and read, it happened
> "payload length exceeds max htc length" and recovery later sometimes.
> 
> Test steps:
> 1. Add config and update kernel:
> CONFIG_FAIL_MMC_REQUEST=y
> CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION=y
> CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS=y
> 
> 2. Run simulate fail:
> cd /sys/kernel/debug/mmc1/fail_mmc_request
> echo 10 > probability
> echo 10 > times # repeat until hitting issues
> 
> 3. It happened payload length exceeds max htc length.
> [  199.935506] ath10k_sdio mmc1:0001:1: payload length 57005 exceeds max htc length: 4088
> ....
> [  264.990191] ath10k_sdio mmc1:0001:1: payload length 57005 exceeds max htc length: 4088
> 
> 4. after some time, such as 60 seconds, it start recovery which triggered
> by wmi command timeout for periodic scan.
> [  269.229232] ieee80211 phy0: Hardware restart was requested
> [  269.734693] ath10k_sdio mmc1:0001:1: device successfully recovered
> 
> The simulate fail of sdio is not a real sdio transter fail, it only
> set an error status in mmc_should_fail_request after the transfer end,
> actually the transfer is success, then sdio_io_rw_ext_helper will
> return error status and stop transfer the left data. For example,
> the really RX len is 286 bytes, then it will split to 2 blocks in
> sdio_io_rw_ext_helper, one is 256 bytes, left is 30 bytes, if the
> first 256 bytes get an error status by mmc_should_fail_request,then
> the left 30 bytes will not read in this RX operation. Then when the
> next RX arrive, the left 30 bytes will be considered as the header
> of the read, the top 4 bytes of the 30 bytes will be considered as
> lookaheads, but actually the 4 bytes is not the lookaheads, so the len
> from this lookaheads is not correct, it exceeds max htc length 4088
> sometimes. When happened exceeds, the buffer chain is not matched between
> firmware and ath10k, then it need to start recovery ASAP. Recently then
> recovery will be started by wmi command timeout, but it will be long time
> later, for example, it is 60+ seconds later from the periodic scan, if
> it does not have periodic scan, it will be longer.
> 
> Start recovery when it happened "payload length exceeds max htc length"
> will be reasonable.
> 
> This patch only effect sdio chips.
> 
> Tested with QCA6174 SDIO with firmware WLAN.RMH.4.4.1-00029.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <wgong at codeaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo at codeaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

2fd3c8f34d08 ath10k: start recovery process when payload length exceeds max htc length for sdio

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