2017-10-18 00:03:17

by Ben Greear

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Subject: [PATCH] ath10k: Fix offchannel tx failure when no ath10k_mac_tx_frm_has_freq

From: Ben Greear <[email protected]>

This bug appears to have been added between 4.0 (which works for us),
and 4.4, which does not work.

I think this is because the tx-offchannel logic gets in a loop when
ath10k_mac_tx_frm_has_freq(ar) is false, so pkt is never actually
sent to the firmware for transmit.

This patch fixes the problem on 4.9 for me, and now HS20 clients
can work again with my firmware.

Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
index c45ca04..f0a7864 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
@@ -4101,7 +4101,7 @@ static int ath10k_mac_tx(struct ath10k *ar,
struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
enum ath10k_hw_txrx_mode txmode,
enum ath10k_mac_tx_path txpath,
- struct sk_buff *skb)
+ struct sk_buff *skb, bool noque_offchan)
{
struct ieee80211_hw *hw = ar->hw;
struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
@@ -4134,10 +4134,10 @@ static int ath10k_mac_tx(struct ath10k *ar,
}
}

- if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_TX_OFFCHAN) {
+ if ((!noque_offchan) && info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_TX_OFFCHAN) {
if (!ath10k_mac_tx_frm_has_freq(ar)) {
- ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_MAC, "queued offchannel skb %pK\n",
- skb);
+ ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_MAC, "no-tx-frm-has-freq: queued offchannel skb %pK, len: %d\n",
+ skb, skb->len);

skb_queue_tail(&ar->offchan_tx_queue, skb);
ieee80211_queue_work(hw, &ar->offchan_tx_work);
@@ -4198,8 +4198,8 @@ void ath10k_offchan_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)

mutex_lock(&ar->conf_mutex);

- ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_MAC, "mac offchannel skb %pK\n",
- skb);
+ ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_MAC, "offchan-tx-work: mac offchannel skb %pK len: %d\n",
+ skb, skb->len);

hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
peer_addr = ieee80211_get_DA(hdr);
@@ -4245,7 +4245,7 @@ void ath10k_offchan_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
txmode = ath10k_mac_tx_h_get_txmode(ar, vif, sta, skb);
txpath = ath10k_mac_tx_h_get_txpath(ar, skb, txmode);

- ret = ath10k_mac_tx(ar, vif, sta, txmode, txpath, skb);
+ ret = ath10k_mac_tx(ar, vif, sta, txmode, txpath, skb, true);
if (ret) {
ath10k_warn(ar, "failed to transmit offchannel frame: %d\n",
ret);
@@ -4255,8 +4255,8 @@ void ath10k_offchan_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
time_left =
wait_for_completion_timeout(&ar->offchan_tx_completed, 3 * HZ);
if (time_left == 0)
- ath10k_warn(ar, "timed out waiting for offchannel skb %pK\n",
- skb);
+ ath10k_warn(ar, "timed out waiting for offchannel skb %pK, len: %d\n",
+ skb, skb->len);

if (!peer && tmp_peer_created) {
ret = ath10k_peer_delete(ar, vdev_id, peer_addr);
@@ -4513,7 +4513,7 @@ int ath10k_mac_tx_push_txq(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
spin_unlock_bh(&ar->htt.tx_lock);
}

- ret = ath10k_mac_tx(ar, vif, sta, txmode, txpath, skb);
+ ret = ath10k_mac_tx(ar, vif, sta, txmode, txpath, skb, false);
if (unlikely(ret)) {
ath10k_warn(ar, "failed to push frame: %d\n", ret);

@@ -4802,7 +4802,7 @@ static void ath10k_mac_op_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
spin_unlock_bh(&ar->htt.tx_lock);
}

- ret = ath10k_mac_tx(ar, vif, sta, txmode, txpath, skb);
+ ret = ath10k_mac_tx(ar, vif, sta, txmode, txpath, skb, false);
if (ret) {
ath10k_warn(ar, "failed to transmit frame: %d\n", ret);
if (is_htt) {
--
2.4.11


2019-09-30 14:36:34

by Antonio Quartulli

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: Fix offchannel tx failure when no ath10k_mac_tx_frm_has_freq

Hi,

On 18/10/2017 02:03, [email protected] wrote:
> From: Ben Greear <[email protected]>
>
> This bug appears to have been added between 4.0 (which works for us),
> and 4.4, which does not work.
>
> I think this is because the tx-offchannel logic gets in a loop when
> ath10k_mac_tx_frm_has_freq(ar) is false, so pkt is never actually
> sent to the firmware for transmit.
>
> This patch fixes the problem on 4.9 for me, and now HS20 clients
> can work again with my firmware.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <[email protected]>

I have been struggling to send offchannels mgmt frames since a while, as
I was always getting:

[18099.253732] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
skb cf0e3780
[18102.293686] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
skb cf0e3780
[18105.333653] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
skb cf0e3780
[18108.373712] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
skb cf0e3780
[18111.413687] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
skb cf0e36c0
[18114.453726] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
skb cf0e3f00
[18117.493773] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
skb cf0e36c0
[18120.533631] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
skb cf0e3f00

After digging through the ath10k patchwork I have found this patch which
touches exactly the code I was trying to debug.

After applying this set of changes, I can confirm that sending
offchannel frames works again like a charm.

I have tested only one fw though: ver 10.4-3.5.3-00057.

It's a bummer that this trivial but critical patch is not yet merged
upstream :-(


Tested-by: Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]>


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Kaiwoo.ai

2019-10-02 06:59:54

by Kalle Valo

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: Fix offchannel tx failure when no ath10k_mac_tx_frm_has_freq

Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On 18/10/2017 02:03, [email protected] wrote:
>> From: Ben Greear <[email protected]>
>>
>> This bug appears to have been added between 4.0 (which works for us),
>> and 4.4, which does not work.
>>
>> I think this is because the tx-offchannel logic gets in a loop when
>> ath10k_mac_tx_frm_has_freq(ar) is false, so pkt is never actually
>> sent to the firmware for transmit.
>>
>> This patch fixes the problem on 4.9 for me, and now HS20 clients
>> can work again with my firmware.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <[email protected]>
>
> I have been struggling to send offchannels mgmt frames since a while, as
> I was always getting:
>
> [18099.253732] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
> skb cf0e3780
> [18102.293686] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
> skb cf0e3780
> [18105.333653] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
> skb cf0e3780
> [18108.373712] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
> skb cf0e3780
> [18111.413687] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
> skb cf0e36c0
> [18114.453726] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
> skb cf0e3f00
> [18117.493773] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
> skb cf0e36c0
> [18120.533631] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel
> skb cf0e3f00
>
> After digging through the ath10k patchwork I have found this patch which
> touches exactly the code I was trying to debug.
>
> After applying this set of changes, I can confirm that sending
> offchannel frames works again like a charm.
>
> I have tested only one fw though: ver 10.4-3.5.3-00057.
>
> It's a bummer that this trivial but critical patch is not yet merged
> upstream :-(

Ben has it's own firmware and own hacks in kernel so I can't apply them
without testing, and it's just very difficult for me to find time to
test anything right now.

> Tested-by: Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]>

Thanks! What hardware did you test this? I'll add that to the commit
log.

The patch also had some conflicts which I fixed in the pending branch,
please check:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/commit/?h=pending&id=bdc657dd0c0cb7163fcf39b94e664e3d9409140e

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2019-10-02 07:14:17

by Antonio Quartulli

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: Fix offchannel tx failure when no ath10k_mac_tx_frm_has_freq

Hi,

On 02/10/2019 08:05, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Tested-by: Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]>
>
> Thanks! What hardware did you test this? I'll add that to the commit
> log.
>

It was tested on my AP equipped with and QCA4019 and QCA9888.

> The patch also had some conflicts which I fixed in the pending branch,
> please check:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/commit/?h=pending&id=bdc657dd0c0cb7163fcf39b94e664e3d9409140e
>

Looks good to me, thanks!

Regards,

--
Antonio Quartulli
Kaiwoo.ai

2019-10-02 17:19:05

by Kalle Valo

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: Fix offchannel tx failure when noath10k_mac_tx_frm_has_freq

[email protected] wrote:

> Offchannel management frames were failing:
>
> [18099.253732] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel skb cf0e3780
> [18102.293686] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel skb cf0e3780
> [18105.333653] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel skb cf0e3780
> [18108.373712] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel skb cf0e3780
> [18111.413687] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel skb cf0e36c0
> [18114.453726] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel skb cf0e3f00
> [18117.493773] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel skb cf0e36c0
> [18120.533631] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: timed out waiting for offchannel skb cf0e3f00
>
> This bug appears to have been added between 4.0 (which works for us),
> and 4.4, which does not work.
>
> I think this is because the tx-offchannel logic gets in a loop when
> ath10k_mac_tx_frm_has_freq(ar) is false, so pkt is never actually
> sent to the firmware for transmit.
>
> This patch fixes the problem on 4.9 for me, and now HS20 clients
> can work again with my firmware.
>
> Antonio: tested with 10.4-3.5.3-00057 on QCA4019 and QCA9888
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <[email protected]>
> Tested-by: Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]>
> [[email protected]: improve commit log, remove unneeded parenthesis]
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <[email protected]>

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

cc6df017e557 ath10k: fix offchannel tx failure when no ath10k_mac_tx_frm_has_freq

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