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RE: [PATCH 1/2] wifi: rtl8xxxu: Fix the channel width reporting

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2022 4:05 PM
> To: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@xxxxxxxxx>; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] wifi: rtl8xxxu: Fix the channel width reporting
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2022 5:31 AM
> > To: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxx>; Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [PATCH 1/2] wifi: rtl8xxxu: Fix the channel width reporting
> >
> > The gen 2 chips RTL8192EU and RTL8188FU periodically send the driver
> > reports about the TX rate, and the driver passes these reports to
> > sta_statistics. The reports from RTL8192EU may or may not include the
> > channel width. The reports from RTL8188FU do not include it.
> >
> > Only access the c2h->ra_report.bw field if the report (skb) is big
> > enough.
> >
> > The other problem fixed here is that the code was actually never
> > changing the channel width initially reported by
> > rtl8xxxu_bss_info_changed because the value of RATE_INFO_BW_20 is 0.
> >
> > Fixes: 0985d3a410ac ("rtl8xxxu: Feed current txrate information for mac80211")
> > Signed-off-by: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c | 10 +++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c
> > b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c
> > index 28f136064297..1c29d0bf09e2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c
> > @@ -5569,7 +5569,6 @@ static void rtl8xxxu_c2hcmd_callback(struct work_struct *work)
> >  			rarpt->txrate.flags = 0;
> >  			rate = c2h->ra_report.rate;
> >  			sgi = c2h->ra_report.sgi;

Additional one question about small size of report (skb).
Is it possible you can't access .sgi and .rate too?

> > -			bw = c2h->ra_report.bw;
> >
> >  			if (rate < DESC_RATE_MCS0) {
> >  				rarpt->txrate.legacy =
> > @@ -5586,8 +5585,13 @@ static void rtl8xxxu_c2hcmd_callback(struct work_struct *work)
> >  						RATE_INFO_FLAGS_SHORT_GI;
> >  				}
> >
> > -				if (bw == RATE_INFO_BW_20)
> > -					rarpt->txrate.bw |= RATE_INFO_BW_20;
> > +				if (skb->len >= 2 + 7) {
> 
> I think 2 is header length of C2H, and 7 is sizeof(c2h->ra_report), so we can
> have:
> #define RTL8XXXU_C2H_HDR_LEN 2
> 
> Then, replace this statement with
> 
> if (skb->len >= RTL8XXXU_C2H_HDR_LEN + sizeof(c2h->ra_report))
> 
> By the way, I found 'struct rtl8723bu_c2h' miss '__packed'.
> 
> --
> Ping-Ke
> 
> 
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