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Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath12k: fix the problem that down grade phy mode operation

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On 4/25/2024 1:38 AM, Lingbo Kong wrote:
> Currently, when using WCN7850 or QCN9274 as AP, ath12k always performs down
> grade phy mode operation regardless of whether the firmware supports EHT
> capability or not and then vdev will start in HE mode. When stations that
> support EHT capability try to connect to the AP, the AP will set phy mode
> to EHT after receiving the association request packet, and then send
> WMI_PEER_ASSOC_CMDID command to firmware, AP’s firmware will crash.
> 
> This is because when the ath12k_mac_copy_sband_iftype_data() function
> handles EHT capability, it does not copy the EHT capability into the
> iftype[band][type] array according to the interface type. So, interface
> type should not be used as an index to get eht_cap in
> ath12k_mac_check_down_grade_phy_mode() function.
> 
> To address this issue, use types_mask to select the eht_cap in
> ath12k_mac_check_down_grade_phy_mode() function.
> 
> This patch affects QCN9274 and WCN7850 because they have the same issue.
> 
> Hostapd log:
> wlo1: STA 02:03:7f:37:12:34 IEEE 802.11: Could not set STA to kernel driver
> 
> Kernel log:
> [270894.816076] ath12k_pci 0000:03:00.0: failed to send WMI_PEER_SET_PARAM cmd
> [270894.816111] ath12k_pci 0000:03:00.0: failed to setup peer SMPS for vdev 0: -108
> [270894.816122] ath12k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Failed to associate station: 02:03:7f:37:12:34
> [270894.843389] ieee80211 phy5: Hardware restart was requested
> [270894.843517] ath12k_pci 0000:03:00.0: failed to lookup peer 02:03:7f:37:12:34 on vdev 0
> [270894.843616] ath12k_pci 0000:03:00.0: failed to send WMI_PEER_DELETE cmd
> [270894.843650] ath12k_pci 0000:03:00.0: failed to delete peer vdev_id 0 addr 02:03:7f:37:12:34 ret -108
> [270894.843663] ath12k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Failed to delete peer: 02:03:7f:37:12:34 for VDEV: 0
> 
> Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3
> Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lingbo Kong <quic_lingbok@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>






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