Hello,
Since commit de3bb771f471 ("cfg80211: add more warnings for inconsistent
ops") the wireless core warns if a driver implements a cfg80211 callback
but doesn't implements the inverse operation. The mwifiex driver has two
set operations defined without the get counterpat so warnings are shown:
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 127 at net/wireless/core.c:366 wiphy_new_nm+0x66c/0x6ac
Modules linked in: mwifiex_sdio mwifiex
CPU: 3 PID: 127 Comm: kworker/3:1 Tainted: G W 4.7.0-rc1-next-20160531-00006-g569df5b983f3
Hardware name: SAMSUNG EXYNOS (Flattened Device Tree)
Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func
[<c010e1ac>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c010af38>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
[<c010af38>] (show_stack) from [<c0323b9c>] (dump_stack+0x88/0x9c)
[<c0323b9c>] (dump_stack) from [<c011a828>] (__warn+0xe8/0x100)
[<c011a828>] (__warn) from [<c011a8f0>] (warn_slowpath_null+0x20/0x28)
[<c011a8f0>] (warn_slowpath_null) from [<c06a42d4>] (wiphy_new_nm+0x66c/0x6ac)
[<c06a42d4>] (wiphy_new_nm) from [<bf1c24cc>] (mwifiex_register_cfg80211+0x28/0x3f0 [mwifiex])
[<bf1c24cc>] (mwifiex_register_cfg80211 [mwifiex]) from [<bf1a0018>] (mwifiex_fw_dpc+0x2b0/0x474 [mwifiex])
[<bf1a0018>] (mwifiex_fw_dpc [mwifiex]) from [<c040eb74>] (request_firmware_work_func+0x30/0x58)
[<c040eb74>] (request_firmware_work_func) from [<c012fe90>] (process_one_work+0x124/0x338)
[<c012fe90>] (process_one_work) from [<c01300dc>] (worker_thread+0x38/0x4d4)
[<c01300dc>] (worker_thread) from [<c01353b8>] (kthread+0xdc/0xf4)
[<c01353b8>] (kthread) from [<c0107978>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x3c)
This patch series fixes the warnings by implementing callbacks for the
get operations.
There isn't public documentation about the firmware interface so the
data is only queried to the firmware if the driver already supports
it as is the case of the Tx power. For the antenna the driver only
supports the get command so the get returns the cached values that
were previously set. This can be changed to query the firmware as a
followup by someone with access to the docs, if this is supported.
Best regards,
Javier
Javier Martinez Canillas (2):
mwifiex: add a cfg80211 .get_tx_power operation callback
mwifiex: add a cfg80211 .get_antenna operation callback
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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2.5.5
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