Wen Gong <wgong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > After the firmware crashes ath10k recovers via ieee80211_reconfig(), > which eventually leads to firmware configuration and including the > encryption keys. However, because there is no new auth/assoc and > 4-way-handshake, and firmware set the authorize flag after > 4-way-handshake, so the authorize flag in firmware is not set in > firmware without 4-way-handshake. This will lead to a failure of data > transmission after recovery done when using encrypted connections like > WPA-PSK. Set authorize flag after installing keys to firmware will fix > the issue. > > This was noticed by testing firmware crashing using simulate_fw_crash > debugfs file. > > Tested with QCA6174 SDIO with firmware WLAN.RMH.4.4.1-00007-QCARMSWP-1. > > Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <wgong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks. 382e51c139ef ath10k: set WMI_PEER_AUTHORIZE after a firmware crash -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11263357/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
