Hi,
Somewhere between e8f60cd7db24 (v6.2-rc3) and 2eb29d59ddf0 (v6.3-rc1) my
wifi started dropping a lot. I'm using iwlwifi and I've checked the old
logs that the firmware hasn't changed:
Feb 25 16:22:33 kernel: iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: loaded firmware version
36.e91976c0.0 8000C-36.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
My logs look like this:
09:01:50 kernel: wlp4s0: Connection to AP [REDACTED]:0b:25 lost
09:01:50 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED
bssid=[REDACTED]:0b:25 reason=4 locally_generated=1
09:01:50 NetworkManager[8368]: <warn> [1679040110.6548]
sup-iface[0x5628f2495990,wlp4s0]: connection disconnected (reason -4)
09:01:50 NetworkManager[8368]: <info> [1679040110.6656] device
(wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected
09:01:50 NetworkManager[8368]: <info> [1679040110.7609] device
(wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
09:01:53 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: SME: Trying to authenticate with
[REDACTED]:0b:25 (SSID='[REDACTED]' freq=5500 MHz)
09:01:53 kernel: wlp4s0: authenticate with [REDACTED]:0b:25
09:01:53 kernel: wlp4s0: send auth to [REDACTED]:0b:25 (try 1/3)
09:01:53 kernel: wlp4s0: authenticated
09:01:53 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: Trying to associate with
[REDACTED]:0b:25 (SSID='[REDACTED]' freq=5500 MHz)
09:01:53 kernel: wlp4s0: associate with [REDACTED]:0b:25 (try 1/3)
09:01:53 kernel: wlp4s0: RX AssocResp from [REDACTED]:0b:25
(capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=36)
09:01:53 NetworkManager[8368]: <info> [1679040113.4553] device
(wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating
09:01:53 kernel: wlp4s0: associated
09:01:53 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: Associated with [REDACTED]:0b:25
09:01:53 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE
status=0
09:01:53 NetworkManager[8368]: <info> [1679040113.4645] device
(wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associating
09:01:53 NetworkManager[8368]: <info> [1679040113.4829] device
(wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: associating -> associated
09:01:53 NetworkManager[8368]: <info> [1679040113.5175] device
(wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: associated -> 4-way handshake
09:01:53 kernel: wlp4s0: Connection to AP [REDACTED]:0b:25 lost
09:01:53 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED
bssid=[REDACTED]:0b:25 reason=4 locally_generated=1
09:01:53 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: WPA: 4-Way Handshake failed -
pre-shared key may be incorrect
09:01:53 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED
id=0 ssid="[REDACTED]" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=WRONG_KEY
09:01:53 NetworkManager[8368]: <warn> [1679040113.5685]
sup-iface[0x5628f2495990,wlp4s0]: connection disconnected (reason -4)
09:01:53 NetworkManager[8368]: <info> [1679040113.5737] device
(wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake -> disconnected
09:01:53 NetworkManager[8368]: <info> [1679040113.6759] device
(wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
I did see that somebody else reported a similar regression, but I don't
know if it could be the same problem or not (I see the driver is
different, but the fix looks generic):
https://linux-regtracking.leemhuis.info/regzbot/regression/217119/
The buggy commit that was identified there does seem to be within the
range of potential culprits:
$ git log --oneline e8f60cd7db24..2eb29d59ddf0 | grep resumption
4444bc2116ae wifi: mac80211: Proper mark iTXQs for resumption
If people think it's the same, I could try the proposed fix -- otherwise
let me know what else I can do to help track this down.
I don't think bisecting this is feasible for me since there are hours
between the drops. But it's really noticeable over the stretch of
multiple days that something has changed -- looking at the logs, the
disconnect rate has basically tripled.
Thanks,
Vegard
