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Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath12k: Fix Tx Completion Ring(WBM2SW) Setup Failure

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On 4/18/2024 10:52 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On 4/10/2024 1:25 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
>> On 4/9/2024 12:09 PM, Nithyanantham Paramasivam wrote:
>>> We observe intermittent ping failures from the access point (AP) to
>>> station (STA) in any mode(AP-STA or Mesh) configured. Specifically,
>>> the transmission completion status is not received at Tx completion
>>> ring id-4(WBM2SW ring4) for the packets transmitted via TCL DATA
>>> ring id-3. This prevents freeing up Tx descriptors and leads
>>> to buffer exhaustion.
>>>
>>> Currently, during initialization of the WBM2SW ring, we are directly
>>> mapping the ring number to the ring mask to obtain the ring mask
>>> group index. This approach is causing setup failures for WBM2SW
>>> ring-4. Similarly, during runtime, when receiving incoming
>>> transmission completion status, the validation of the ring number by
>>> mapping the interrupted ring mask. This is resulting in
>>> validation failure. Thereby preventing entry into the completion
>>> handler(ath12k_dp_tx_completion_handler()).
>>>
>>> The existing design assumed that the ring numbers would always be
>>> sequential and could be directly mapped with the ring mask. However,
>>> this assumption does not hold true for WBM2SW ring-4. Therefore,
>>> modify the design such that, instead of mapping the ring number,
>>> the ring ID is mapped with the ring mask.
>>>
>>> According to this design:
>>> 1. During initialization of the WBM2SW ring, mapping the ring ID
>>> to the ring mask will ensure obtaining the correct ring mask group
>>> ID.
>>> 2. During runtime, validating the interrupted ring mask group ID
>>> within the transmission completion group is sufficient. This
>>> approach allows the ring ID to be derived from the interrupted ring
>>> mask and enables entry into the completion handler.
>>>
>>> Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.0.1-00029-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
>>>
>>> Fixes: d889913205cf ("wifi: ath12k: driver for Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices")
>>> Signed-off-by: Nithyanantham Paramasivam <quic_nithp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
> Please remove my Acked-by.
> 
> I've bisected a kernel crash on my laptop to this patch

While debugging my crash I've determined the issue isn't with this patch, so
restore my:

Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>

/jeff




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