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Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: rtw89: fix HW scan not aborting properly

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Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Po-Hao Huang <phhuang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> There is a length limit on the commands we send to firmware, so
> dividing to two commands is sometimes required when scanning.
> When aborting scan, we should not send second scan command to
> firmware after the first one is finished. This could cause some
> unexpected errors when we cannot receive firmware events
> (e.g. in suspend).
> 
> Another case is scan happens before suspending, ieee80211_do_stop() is
> called to abort scan and driver indicate scan completion by
> ieee80211_scan_completed(), which queues event to scan work. But scan work
> might be late to execute after ieee80211_do_stop(). To correct this, driver
> indicates ieee80211_scan_completed() before returning, so that
> ieee80211_do_stop() can flush scan work properly.
> 
> Fixes: bcbefbd032df ("wifi: rtw89: add wait/completion for abort scan")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Co-developed-by: Chih-Kang Chang <gary.chang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chih-Kang Chang <gary.chang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Po-Hao Huang <phhuang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx>

1 patch(es) applied to rtw-next branch of rtw.git, thanks.

669b692247d4 wifi: rtw89: fix HW scan not aborting properly

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https://github.com/pkshih/rtw.git





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