[PATCH 0/4] wifi: ath11k: fix connection failure due to unexpected peer delete

[James Prestwood]

Hi Baochen,

On 1/22/24 6:56 PM, Baochen Qiang wrote:
> Currently ath11k_mac_op_unassign_vif_chanctx() deletes peer but
> ath11k_mac_op_assign_vif_chanctx() doesn't create it. This results in
> connection failure if MAC80211 calls drv_unassign_vif_chanctx() and
> drv_assign_vif_chanctx() during AUTH and ASSOC, see below log:
>
> [  102.372431] wlan0: authenticated
> [  102.372585] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: wlan0: disabling HT/VHT/HE as WMM/QoS is not supported by the AP
> [  102.372593] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: mac chanctx unassign ptr ffff895084638598 vdev_id 0
> [  102.372808] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: WMI vdev stop id 0x0
> [  102.383114] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: vdev stopped for vdev id 0
> [  102.384689] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: WMI peer delete vdev_id 0 peer_addr 20:e5:2a:21:c4:51
> [  102.396676] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: htt peer unmap vdev 0 peer 20:e5:2a:21:c4:51 id 3
> [  102.396711] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: peer delete resp for vdev id 0 addr 20:e5:2a:21:c4:51
> [  102.396722] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: mac removed peer 20:e5:2a:21:c4:51  vdev 0 after vdev stop
> [  102.396780] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: mac chanctx assign ptr ffff895084639c18 vdev_id 0
> [  102.400628] wlan0: associate with 20:e5:2a:21:c4:51 (try 1/3)
> [  102.508864] wlan0: associate with 20:e5:2a:21:c4:51 (try 2/3)
> [  102.612815] wlan0: associate with 20:e5:2a:21:c4:51 (try 3/3)
> [  102.720846] wlan0: association with 20:e5:2a:21:c4:51 timed out
>
> The peer delete logic in ath11k_mac_op_unassign_vif_chanctx() is
> introduced by commit b4a0f54156ac ("ath11k: move peer delete after
> vdev stop of station for QCA6390 and WCN6855") to fix firmware
> crash issue caused by unexpected vdev stop/peer delete sequence.
>
> Actually for a STA interface peer should be deleted in
> ath11k_mac_op_sta_state() when STA's state changes from
> IEEE80211_STA_NONE to IEEE80211_STA_NOTEXIST, which also coincides
> with current peer creation design that peer is created during
> IEEE80211_STA_NOTEXIST -> IEEE80211_STA_NONE transition. So move
> peer delete back to ath11k_mac_op_sta_state(), also stop vdev before
> deleting peer to fix the firmware crash issue mentioned there. In
> this way the connection failure mentioned here is also fixed.
>
> Also do some cleanups in patch "wifi: ath11k: remove invalid peer
> create logic", and refactor in patches "wifi: ath11k: rename
> ath11k_start_vdev_delay()" and "wifi: ath11k: avoid forward declaration
> of ath11k_mac_start_vdev_delay()".
>
> Tested this patch set using QCA6390 and WCN6855 on both STA and SAP
> interfaces. Basic connection and ping work well.

I wanted to let you know I'm seeing similar behavior in my own testing, 
with these patches applied. Granted I've hacked things up quite a bit 
but it appears to happen after a firmware crash. It may be related to my 
own changes of course, but I've connected and created/started a monitor 
vdev, then wait. At some point the firmware crashes likely due to my 
botched patches, but once it starts up again I see this same timeout 
behavior before a retry which connects successfully.

> Baochen Qiang (4):
>    wifi: ath11k: remove invalid peer create logic
>    wifi: ath11k: rename ath11k_start_vdev_delay()
>    wifi: ath11k: avoid forward declaration of
>      ath11k_mac_start_vdev_delay()
>    wifi: ath11k: fix connection failure due to unexpected peer delete
>
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c | 564 +++++++++++++-------------
>   1 file changed, 288 insertions(+), 276 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: 8ff464a183f92836d7fd99edceef50a89d8ea797