This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ath11k: Avoid race during regd updates to the 5.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: ath11k-avoid-race-during-regd-updates.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 16de68c59842387470568e7850c10e22b3a3e544 Author: Sriram R <srirrama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue Sep 28 12:05:40 2021 +0300 ath11k: Avoid race during regd updates [ Upstream commit 1db2b0d0a39102238fcbf9092cefa65a710642e9 ] Whenever ath11k is bootup with a user country already set, cfg80211 notifies this country info to ath11k soon after registration, where the notification is sent to the firmware for fetching the rules of this user country input. Multiple race conditions could be seen in this scenario where a new request is either lost as pointed in [1] or a new regd overwrites the default regd provided by the firmware during bootup. Note that, the default regd is used for intersection purpose and hence it should not be overwritten. The main reason as pointed by [1] is the usage of ATH11K_FLAG_REGISTERED flag which is updated after completion of core registration, whereas the reg notification from cfg80211 and wmi events for the corresponding request can happen much before that. Since the ATH11K_FLAG_REGISTERED is currently used to determine if the event containing reg rules belong to default regd or for user request, there is a possibility of the default regd getting overwritten. Since the default reg rules will be received only once per pdev on firmware load, the above flag based check can be replaced with a check to see if default_regd is already set, so that we can now always update the new_regd. Also if the new_regd is set, this will be always used to update the reg rules for the registered phy. [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/1829665.1PRlr7bOQj@ripper/ Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.4.0.1-01460-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1 Fixes: d5c65159f289 ("ath11k: driver for Qualcomm IEEE 802.11ax devices") Signed-off-by: Sriram R <srirrama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210721212029.142388-4-jouni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c index e9b3689331ec2..89a64ebd620f3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c @@ -6590,7 +6590,7 @@ static int __ath11k_mac_register(struct ath11k *ar) ar->hw->wiphy->interface_modes &= ~BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR); /* Apply the regd received during initialization */ - ret = ath11k_regd_update(ar, true); + ret = ath11k_regd_update(ar); if (ret) { ath11k_err(ar->ab, "ath11k regd update failed: %d\n", ret); goto err_unregister_hw; diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.c index e1a1df169034b..92c59009a8ac2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.c @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static void ath11k_copy_regd(struct ieee80211_regdomain *regd_orig, sizeof(struct ieee80211_reg_rule)); } -int ath11k_regd_update(struct ath11k *ar, bool init) +int ath11k_regd_update(struct ath11k *ar) { struct ieee80211_regdomain *regd, *regd_copy = NULL; int ret, regd_len, pdev_id; @@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ int ath11k_regd_update(struct ath11k *ar, bool init) spin_lock_bh(&ab->base_lock); - if (init) { + /* Prefer the latest regd update over default if it's available */ + if (ab->new_regd[pdev_id]) { + regd = ab->new_regd[pdev_id]; + } else { /* Apply the regd received during init through * WMI_REG_CHAN_LIST_CC event. In case of failure to * receive the regd, initialize with a default world @@ -222,8 +225,6 @@ int ath11k_regd_update(struct ath11k *ar, bool init) "failed to receive default regd during init\n"); regd = (struct ieee80211_regdomain *)&ath11k_world_regd; } - } else { - regd = ab->new_regd[pdev_id]; } if (!regd) { @@ -683,7 +684,7 @@ void ath11k_regd_update_work(struct work_struct *work) regd_update_work); int ret; - ret = ath11k_regd_update(ar, false); + ret = ath11k_regd_update(ar); if (ret) { /* Firmware has already moved to the new regd. We need * to maintain channel consistency across FW, Host driver diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.h index 65d56d44796f6..5fb9dc03a74e8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.h @@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ void ath11k_regd_update_work(struct work_struct *work); struct ieee80211_regdomain * ath11k_reg_build_regd(struct ath11k_base *ab, struct cur_regulatory_info *reg_info, bool intersect); -int ath11k_regd_update(struct ath11k *ar, bool init); +int ath11k_regd_update(struct ath11k *ar); int ath11k_reg_update_chan_list(struct ath11k *ar); #endif diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c index 72da1283f2ccb..a53eef8e2631c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c @@ -5841,10 +5841,10 @@ static int ath11k_reg_chan_list_event(struct ath11k_base *ab, struct sk_buff *sk } spin_lock(&ab->base_lock); - if (test_bit(ATH11K_FLAG_REGISTERED, &ab->dev_flags)) { - /* Once mac is registered, ar is valid and all CC events from - * fw is considered to be received due to user requests - * currently. + if (ab->default_regd[pdev_idx]) { + /* The initial rules from FW after WMI Init is to build + * the default regd. From then on, any rules updated for + * the pdev could be due to user reg changes. * Free previously built regd before assigning the newly * generated regd to ar. NULL pointer handling will be * taken care by kfree itself. @@ -5854,13 +5854,9 @@ static int ath11k_reg_chan_list_event(struct ath11k_base *ab, struct sk_buff *sk ab->new_regd[pdev_idx] = regd; ieee80211_queue_work(ar->hw, &ar->regd_update_work); } else { - /* Multiple events for the same *ar is not expected. But we - * can still clear any previously stored default_regd if we - * are receiving this event for the same radio by mistake. - * NULL pointer handling will be taken care by kfree itself. + /* This regd would be applied during mac registration and is + * held constant throughout for regd intersection purpose */ - kfree(ab->default_regd[pdev_idx]); - /* This regd would be applied during mac registration */ ab->default_regd[pdev_idx] = regd; } ab->dfs_region = reg_info->dfs_region;