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Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: mwifiex: avoid AP and STA running on different channel

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On Mon, Sep 02, 2024 at 04:43:11PM +0800, David Lin wrote:
> Current firmware doesn't support AP and STA running on different
> channels simultaneously.

As mentioned here:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZtGnWC7SPHt7Vbbp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

AP and STA can indeed have different channels when DRCS is enabled, so I
think you have to check this in your patch.

Maybe the same question here again: Wouldn't it make sense to enable
DRCS by default?

Sascha

> FW crash would occur in such case.
> This patch avoids the issue by disabling AP and STA to run on
> different channels.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> v2:
>    - clean up code.
> 
> ---
>  .../net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c   | 17 ++++---
>  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.c   | 44 +++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.h   | 13 ++++++
>  3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> index 722ead51e912..3dbcab463445 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> @@ -781,11 +781,9 @@ mwifiex_cfg80211_set_wiphy_params(struct wiphy *wiphy, u32 changed)
>  		break;
>  
>  	case MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA:
> -		if (priv->media_connected) {
> -			mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR,
> -				    "cannot change wiphy params when connected");
> -			return -EINVAL;
> -		}
> +		if (priv->media_connected)
> +			break;
> +
>  		if (changed & WIPHY_PARAM_RTS_THRESHOLD) {
>  			ret = mwifiex_set_rts(priv,
>  					      wiphy->rts_threshold);
> @@ -2069,6 +2067,9 @@ static int mwifiex_cfg80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy,
>  	if (GET_BSS_ROLE(priv) != MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_UAP)
>  		return -1;
>  
> +	if (!mwifiex_is_channel_setting_allowable(priv, params->chandef.chan))
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +
>  	bss_cfg = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mwifiex_uap_bss_param), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!bss_cfg)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -2463,6 +2464,9 @@ mwifiex_cfg80211_connect(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
>  		return -EFAULT;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (!mwifiex_is_channel_setting_allowable(priv, sme->channel))
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +
>  	mwifiex_dbg(adapter, INFO,
>  		    "info: Trying to associate to bssid %pM\n", sme->bssid);
>  
> @@ -4298,6 +4302,9 @@ mwifiex_cfg80211_authenticate(struct wiphy *wiphy,
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (!mwifiex_is_channel_setting_allowable(priv, req->bss->channel))
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +
>  	if (priv->auth_alg != WLAN_AUTH_SAE &&
>  	    (priv->auth_flag & HOST_MLME_AUTH_PENDING)) {
>  		mwifiex_dbg(priv->adapter, ERROR, "Pending auth on going\n");
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.c
> index 42c04bf858da..6512562c9fb4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.c
> @@ -323,6 +323,50 @@ int mwifiex_debug_info_to_buffer(struct mwifiex_private *priv, char *buf,
>  	return p - buf;
>  }
>  
> +bool mwifiex_is_channel_setting_allowable(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
> +					  struct ieee80211_channel *check_chan)
> +{
> +	struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter = priv->adapter;
> +	int i;
> +	struct mwifiex_private *tmp_priv;
> +	u8 bss_role = GET_BSS_ROLE(priv);
> +	struct ieee80211_channel *set_chan;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < MWIFIEX_MAX_BSS_NUM; i++) {
> +		tmp_priv = adapter->priv[i];
> +		if (tmp_priv == priv)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		set_chan = NULL;
> +		if (bss_role == MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA) {
> +			if (GET_BSS_ROLE(tmp_priv) == MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_UAP &&
> +			    netif_carrier_ok(tmp_priv->netdev) &&
> +			    cfg80211_chandef_valid(&tmp_priv->bss_chandef))
> +				set_chan = tmp_priv->bss_chandef.chan;
> +		} else if (bss_role == MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_UAP) {
> +			struct mwifiex_current_bss_params *bss_params =
> +				&tmp_priv->curr_bss_params;
> +			int channel = bss_params->bss_descriptor.channel;
> +			enum nl80211_band band =
> +				mwifiex_band_to_radio_type(bss_params->band);
> +			int freq =
> +				ieee80211_channel_to_frequency(channel, band);
> +
> +			if (GET_BSS_ROLE(tmp_priv) == MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA &&
> +			    tmp_priv->media_connected)
> +				set_chan = ieee80211_get_channel(adapter->wiphy, freq);
> +		}
> +
> +		if (set_chan && !ieee80211_channel_equal(check_chan, set_chan)) {
> +			mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR,
> +				    "AP/STA must run on the same channel\n");
> +			return false;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	return true;
> +}
> +
>  static int
>  mwifiex_parse_mgmt_packet(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 *payload, u16 len,
>  			  struct rxpd *rx_pd)
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.h b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.h
> index 4699c505c0a0..16f092bb0823 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.h
> @@ -86,4 +86,17 @@ static inline void le16_unaligned_add_cpu(__le16 *var, u16 val)
>  	put_unaligned_le16(get_unaligned_le16(var) + val, var);
>  }
>  
> +/* Current firmware doesn't support AP and STA running on different
> + * channels simultaneously in normal mode.
> + * FW crash would occur in such case.
> + * This function is used to check if check_chan can be set to FW or not.
> + *
> + * Return:
> + * %true if check_chan can be set to FW without issues.
> + * %false there is already other channel is set to FW, setting of
> + * check_chan is not allowable.
> + */
> +bool mwifiex_is_channel_setting_allowable(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
> +					  struct ieee80211_channel *check_chan);
> +
>  #endif /* !_MWIFIEX_UTIL_H_ */
> 
> base-commit: ae98f5c9fd8ba84cd408b41faa77e65bf1b4cdfa
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 
> 

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