Hello,
the below patch was sent to linux-wireless 5 months ago, but (as far as
I can see on lore.kernel.org) didn't get a reply, so I guess it might
have slipped through? May I ask to consider it for inclusion?
As stated below, this is a workaround for frequent wifi disconnects
described in https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=203709. As an
example, on one laptop with Intel Dual Band Wireless AC 3160 these
disconnects occured sporadically initially, but later became very
frequent, e.g. around 100 disconnects within 5 hours (with the laptop 1m
from the wifi access point). Setting the beacon_timeout parameter
provided by the patch allowed me to completely "fix" / work around the
problem, with no disconnects anymore. Many more examples can be found in
the linked bug report.
Regards,
Dennis
On 2022-02-26 at 05:50, Zachary Michaels wrote:
Makes the beacon timeout a module parameter, allowing the original default (16
missed beacons) to be kept while also enabling users that experience problems to
increase the timeout.
For context, this patch has been in circulation for over a year as a workaround
for unstable/unusable wifi, as documented in
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=203709
The linked bug report has received nearly 300 comments in the nearly three years
it has been open. During that time evidence has been presented indicating that
this is likely to be a firmware bug, but no firmware fix has been documented on
the tracker, and new issue reports continue to surface. This patch provides an
escape hatch for users that are stuck.
Signed-off-by: Zachary Michaels <mikezackles@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c | 4 ++++
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-modparams.h | 2 ++
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac-ctxt.c | 3 ++-
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h | 1 -
4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
index 506d05953314..c5f5787da35c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
@@ -1753,6 +1753,7 @@ struct iwl_mod_params iwlwifi_mod_params = {
.power_level = IWL_POWER_INDEX_1,
.uapsd_disable = IWL_DISABLE_UAPSD_BSS | IWL_DISABLE_UAPSD_P2P_CLIENT,
.enable_ini = true,
+ .beacon_timeout = 16,
/* the rest are 0 by default */
};
IWL_EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwlwifi_mod_params);
@@ -1868,6 +1869,9 @@ module_param_named(enable_ini, iwlwifi_mod_params.enable_ini,
bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_ini,
"Enable debug INI TLV FW debug infrastructure (default: true");
+module_param_named(beacon_timeout, iwlwifi_mod_params.beacon_timeout, uint, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(beacon_timeout,
+ "Number of missed beacons before disconnecting (default: 16)");
/*
* set bt_coex_active to true, uCode will do kill/defer
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-modparams.h b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-modparams.h
index 004ebdac4535..198c5ac2575b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-modparams.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-modparams.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ enum iwl_uapsd_disable {
* @disable_11ac: disable VHT capabilities, default = false.
* @remove_when_gone: remove an inaccessible device from the PCIe bus.
* @enable_ini: enable new FW debug infratructure (INI TLVs)
+ * @beacon_timeout: number of missed beacons before disconnect, default = 16
*/
struct iwl_mod_params {
int swcrypto;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ struct iwl_mod_params {
bool disable_11ax;
bool remove_when_gone;
bool enable_ini;
+ u32 beacon_timeout;
};
static inline bool iwl_enable_rx_ampdu(void)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac-ctxt.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac-ctxt.c
index fd7d4abfb454..c3d13326a203 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac-ctxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac-ctxt.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include <linux/crc32.h>
#include <net/mac80211.h>
#include "iwl-io.h"
+#include "iwl-modparams.h"
#include "iwl-prph.h"
#include "fw-api.h"
#include "mvm.h"
@@ -1420,7 +1421,7 @@ void iwl_mvm_rx_missed_beacons_notif(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
* TODO: the threshold should be adjusted based on latency conditions,
* and/or in case of a CS flow on one of the other AP vifs.
*/
- if (rx_missed_bcon > IWL_MVM_MISSED_BEACONS_THRESHOLD_LONG)
+ if (rx_missed_bcon > iwlwifi_mod_params.beacon_timeout)
iwl_mvm_connection_loss(mvm, vif, "missed beacons");
else if (rx_missed_bcon_since_rx > IWL_MVM_MISSED_BEACONS_THRESHOLD)
ieee80211_beacon_loss(vif);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h
index da8330b5e6d5..27ccfc94474f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
/* RSSI offset for WkP */
#define IWL_RSSI_OFFSET 50
#define IWL_MVM_MISSED_BEACONS_THRESHOLD 8
-#define IWL_MVM_MISSED_BEACONS_THRESHOLD_LONG 16
/* A TimeUnit is 1024 microsecond */
#define MSEC_TO_TU(_msec) (_msec*1000/1024)
