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Re: [PATCH v4] brcmfmac: Decrease 8021x_cnt for dropped packets

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2016-07-06 11:53 GMT+02:00 Per Förlin <per.forlin@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I have now verified this patch on backports 4.4.
>
> 2016-04-12 23:55 GMT+02:00  <per.forlin@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> From: Per Forlin <per.forlin@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> This patch resolves an issue where pend_8021x_cnt was not decreased
>> on txfinalize. This caused brcmf_netdev_wait_pend8021x to timeout
>> because the counter indicated pending packets.
>>
>> WARNING: at .../brcmfmac/core.c:1289 brcmf_netdev_wait_pend8021x
>>   (warn_slowpath_common)
>>   (warn_slowpath_null)
>>   (brcmf_netdev_wait_pend8021x [brcmfmac])
>>   (send_key_to_dongle [brcmfmac])
>>   (brcmf_cfg80211_del_key [brcmfmac])
>>   (nl80211_del_key [cfg80211])
>>   (genl_rcv_msg)
>>   (netlink_rcv_skb)
>>   (genl_rcv)
>>   (netlink_unicast)
>>   (netlink_sendmsg)
>>   (sock_sendmsg)
>>   (___sys_sendmsg)
>>   (__sys_sendmsg)
>>   (SyS_sendmsg)
>>
>> The solution is to pull back the header offset in case
>> of an error in txdata(), which may happen in case of
Clarification:

txdata=brcmf_proto_bcdc_txdata()
brcmf_proto_bcdc_txdata(): Calls brcmf_proto_bcdc_hdrpush()

The header needs to be pulled back in case of error otherwise
the error handling and cleanup up will fail to decrease the counter
of pending packets.

>> packet overload in brcmf_sdio_bus_txdata.
>>
>> Overloading an WLAN interface is not an unlikely scenario.
>> In case of packet overload the error print "out of bus->txq"
>> is very verbose. To reduce SPAM degrade it to a debug print.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Per Forlin <per.forlin@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Change log:
>>  v2 - Add variable to know whether the counter is increased or not
>>  v3 - txfinalize should decrease the counter. Adjust skb header offset
>>  v4 - Fix build error
>>
>> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c     | 4 ++++
>>  drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c | 4 +++-
>>  drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c     | 2 +-
>>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
>> index ed9998b..f342f7c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
>> @@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ void brcmf_txfinalize(struct brcmf_if *ifp, struct sk_buff *txp, bool success)
>>         struct ethhdr *eh;
>>         u16 type;
>>
>> +       if (!ifp)
>> +               goto free;
>> +
>>         eh = (struct ethhdr *)(txp->data);
>>         type = ntohs(eh->h_proto);
>>
>> @@ -553,6 +556,7 @@ void brcmf_txfinalize(struct brcmf_if *ifp, struct sk_buff *txp, bool success)
>>         if (!success)
>>                 ifp->stats.tx_errors++;
>>
>> +free:
>>         brcmu_pkt_buf_free_skb(txp);
>>  }
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
>> index f82c9ab..98cb83f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/fwsignal.c
>> @@ -1899,8 +1899,10 @@ int brcmf_fws_process_skb(struct brcmf_if *ifp, struct sk_buff *skb)
>>
>>         if (fws->avoid_queueing) {
>>                 rc = brcmf_proto_txdata(drvr, ifp->ifidx, 0, skb);
>> -               if (rc < 0)
>> +               if (rc < 0) {
>> +                       (void)brcmf_proto_hdrpull(drvr, false, skb, &ifp);
>>                         brcmf_txfinalize(ifp, skb, false);
>> +               }
>>                 return rc;
>>         }
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c
>> index a14d9d9d..485e2ad 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c
>> @@ -2721,7 +2721,7 @@ static int brcmf_sdio_bus_txdata(struct device *dev, struct sk_buff *pkt)
>>         *(u16 *)(pkt->cb) = 0;
>>         if (!brcmf_sdio_prec_enq(&bus->txq, pkt, prec)) {
>>                 skb_pull(pkt, bus->tx_hdrlen);
>> -               brcmf_err("out of bus->txq !!!\n");
>> +               brcmf_dbg(INFO, "out of bus->txq !!!\n");
>>                 ret = -ENOSR;
>>         } else {
>>                 ret = 0;
>> --
>> 2.1.4
>>
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