[PATCH] ath10k: fix regdomain info of iw reg set/get

Mon May 30 04:26:05 PDT 2022

Wen Gong <quic_wgong at quicinc.com> wrote:

> When wlan load, firmware report the reg code with 0x6C for QCA6174,
> it is world reg which checked by ath_is_world_regd(), then the reg
> will be save into reg_world_copy of ath_common in ath_regd_init().
> Later the regulatory of ath_common is updated to another country
> code such as "US" in ath_reg_notifier_apply() by below call stack.
> After that, regulatory_hint() is called in ath10k_mac_register()
> and it lead "iw reg get" show two regdomain info as below.
> 
> global
> country US: DFS-FCC
>         (2400 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>         (5150 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), AUTO-BW
>         (5250 - 5350 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
>         (5470 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
>         (5730 - 5850 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>         (57240 - 71000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
> 
> phy#0
> country US: DFS-FCC
>         (2400 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>         (5150 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), AUTO-BW
>         (5250 - 5350 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
>         (5470 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
>         (5730 - 5850 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>         (57240 - 71000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
> 
> [ 4255.704975] Call Trace:
> [ 4255.704983]  ath_reg_notifier_apply+0xa6/0xc5 [ath]
> [ 4255.704991]  ath10k_reg_notifier+0x2f/0xd2 [ath10k_core]
> [ 4255.705010]  wiphy_regulatory_register+0x5f/0x69 [cfg80211]
> [ 4255.705020]  wiphy_register+0x459/0x8f0 [cfg80211]
> [ 4255.705042]  ? ieee80211_register_hw+0x3a6/0x7d1 [mac80211]
> [ 4255.705049]  ? __kmalloc+0xf4/0x218
> [ 4255.705058]  ? ieee80211_register_hw+0x3a6/0x7d1 [mac80211]
> [ 4255.705066]  ? ath10k_mac_register+0x70/0xaab [ath10k_core]
> [ 4255.705075]  ieee80211_register_hw+0x51a/0x7d1 [mac80211]
> [ 4255.705084]  ath10k_mac_register+0x8b4/0xaab [ath10k_core]
> [ 4255.705094]  ath10k_core_register_work+0xa5e/0xb45 [ath10k_core]
> [ 4255.705100]  ? __schedule+0x61f/0x7d3
> [ 4255.705105]  process_one_work+0x1b7/0x392
> [ 4255.705109]  worker_thread+0x271/0x35d
> [ 4255.705112]  ? pr_cont_work+0x58/0x58
> [ 4255.705116]  kthread+0x13f/0x147
> [ 4255.705119]  ? pr_cont_work+0x58/0x58
> [ 4255.705123]  ? kthread_destroy_worker+0x62/0x62
> [ 4255.705126]  ret_from_fork+0x22/0x40
> 
> At this moment, the two regdomain info is same, when run "iw reg set KR",
> the global regdomain info changed to KR, but the regdomain of phy#0
> does not change again. It leads inconsistent values between global and
> phy#0 as below.
> 
> global
> country KR: DFS-JP
>         (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 13), (N/A)
>         (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW
>         (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
>         (5490 - 5710 @ 160), (N/A, 30), (0 ms), DFS
>         (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>         (57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (N/A, 43), (N/A)
> 
> phy#0
> country US: DFS-FCC
>         (2400 - 2472 @ 40), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>         (5150 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (N/A), AUTO-BW
>         (5250 - 5350 @ 80), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
>         (5470 - 5730 @ 160), (N/A, 23), (0 ms), DFS
>         (5730 - 5850 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>         (57240 - 71000 @ 2160), (N/A, 40), (N/A)
> 
> The initial reg code is 0x6C which saved in reg_world_copy of ath_common,
> and the code US is updated from cfg80211 later, so ath10k should also
> check the initial reg code before regulatory_hint().
> 
> After this fix, regdomain info is same between "iw reg get" and "iw reg
> set xx", it does not have the regdomain info of phy#0 again.
> 
> global
> country KR: DFS-JP
>         (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 13), (N/A)
>         (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A), AUTO-BW
>         (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS, AUTO-BW
>         (5490 - 5710 @ 160), (N/A, 30), (0 ms), DFS
>         (5735 - 5835 @ 80), (N/A, 30), (N/A)
>         (57000 - 66000 @ 2160), (N/A, 43), (N/A)
> 
> This does not effect the channel list and power which ath10k used.
> When the country code for regulatory_hint() in ath10k_mac_register()
> is same with the global country code, then reg_set_rd_driver() of
> cfg80211 called from crda which return -EALREADY to set_regdom() and
> then update_all_wiphy_regulatory() will not be called while wlan load.
> When run "iw reg set xx", reg_get_regdomain() which used by function
> handle_channel() in net/wirelss/reg.c always use the regdomain
> returned by get_cfg80211_regdom() because the initiator of last
> regulatory_request is NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_USER, get_cfg80211_regdom()
> is the global regdomain, then all the ieee80211_channel info is updated
> in handle_channel() with the global regdomain.
> 
> Tested-on: QCA6174 hw3.2 SDIO WLAN.RMH.4.4.1-00049
> Tested-on: QCA9984 hw1.0 PCI 10.4-3.6-00104
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <quic_wgong at quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo at quicinc.com>

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

8723750e2753 ath10k: fix regdomain info of iw reg set/get

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20220525132247.23459-1-quic_wgong@quicinc.com/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches