Linus,
Attached is a trial patch that fixes the problem on my system. As I told
Johannes earlier, my AP was not configured to use VHT, thus I did not see the
problem.
The test patch that Johannes sent earlier was close. The section needed to add
VHT rates is:
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ static void _rtl_rc_rate_set_series(struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv,
((wireless_mode == WIRELESS_MODE_N_5G) ||
(wireless_mode == WIRELESS_MODE_N_24G)))
rate->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_RC_MCS;
+ if (sta && sta->vht_cap.vht_supported &&
+ (wireless_mode == WIRELESS_MODE_AC_5G))
+ rate->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_RC_VHT_MCS;
}
}
Larry
>From bd34ac0c3caa9ff982194256b0e96772a17e719d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:29:10 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] rtlwifi: Fix warning from ieee80211_get_tx_rates() when using
5G
To: kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
When using a 5G-capable device with VHT rates enabled, the following
warning results:
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 2253 at net/mac80211/rate.c:625 ieee80211_get_tx_rates+0x22e/0x620 [mac80211]()
Modules linked in: rtl8821ae btcoexist rtl_pci rtlwifi fuse drbg ansi_cprng ctr ccm bnep bluetooth af_packet nfs fscache vboxpci(O) vboxnetadp(O) vboxne
tflt(O) vboxdrv(O) arc4 snd_hda_codec_generic x86_pkg_temp_thermal rtsx_pci_sdmmc mmc_core rtsx_pci_ms kvm_intel memstick iwlmvm kvm mac80211 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_cod
ec snd_hwdep snd_hda_core irqbypass snd_pcm iwlwifi crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel aes_x86_64 snd_timer lrw gf128mul glue_h
elper ablk_helper cryptd snd cfg80211 pcspkr serio_raw e1000e rtsx_pci lpc_ich ptp xhci_pci mfd_core pps_core xhci_hcd soundcore toshiba_acpi thermal sparse_keymap wmi
toshiba_bluetooth rfkill acpi_cpufreq battery ac processor dm_mod i915 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops
drm sr_mod cdrom video button sg autofs4 [last unloaded: rtlwifi]
CPU: 3 PID: 2253 Comm: Timer Tainted: G W O 4.5.0-rc1-wl+ #79
Hardware name: TOSHIBA TECRA A50-A/TECRA A50-A, BIOS Version 4.20 04/17/2014
ffffffffa05c4be6 ffff8802262036d8 ffffffff813d7912 0000000000000000
ffff880226203710 ffffffff8106bcb6 ffff8800c6831300 ffff8800c6831330
0000000000000000 ffff8800c683133c ffff880065923638 ffff880226203720
Call Trace:
<IRQ> [<ffffffff813d7912>] dump_stack+0x4b/0x79
[<ffffffff8106bcb6>] warn_slowpath_common+0x86/0xc0
[<ffffffff8106bdaa>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
[<ffffffffa05511ee>] ieee80211_get_tx_rates+0x22e/0x620 [mac80211]
[<ffffffffa0782232>] ? rtl_is_special_data+0x32/0x240 [rtlwifi]
[<ffffffffa055209e>] ? rate_control_get_rate+0xce/0x150 [mac80211]
[<ffffffff810bfc7d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10
[<ffffffff81071cc5>] ? __local_bh_enable_ip+0x65/0xd0
--- traceback terminated here ---
The problem is that IEEE80211_TX_RC_VHT_MCS is not set in the rate flags.
Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c
index 74c14ce..e7eae63 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ static void _rtl_rc_rate_set_series(struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv,
((wireless_mode == WIRELESS_MODE_N_5G) ||
(wireless_mode == WIRELESS_MODE_N_24G)))
rate->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_RC_MCS;
+ if (sta && sta->vht_cap.vht_supported &&
+ (wireless_mode == WIRELESS_MODE_AC_5G))
+ rate->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_RC_VHT_MCS;
}
}
--
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