From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 454EBC433EF for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2021 19:46:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229709AbhKUTtb (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Nov 2021 14:49:31 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:52036 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229654AbhKUTta (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Nov 2021 14:49:30 -0500 Received: from nbd.name (nbd.name [IPv6:2a01:4f8:221:3d45::2]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 84F18C061574 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2021 11:46:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nbd.name; s=20160729; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:In-Reply-To:From: References:Cc:To:Subject:MIME-Version:Date:Message-ID:Sender:Reply-To: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=XegvGs2I3E25lv2LCvKxdVGRYF4fcnjvhT6dooagDkc=; b=dPBH3OAIF/dpnOCpnt71Frj8/V K5CNbfB9RlSQdDuvC543WVKzls87FuWki/iLn43hJu7h2/Fq7imlvyLmX6hBrqJpZsYkb+YRjWrsC fXttm7PTpPqsMab5bZEiU30Z+zfqbMMVSuAqWFYyEUmf8IuLg0J3JCXmze0ToBTAcWoI=; Received: from p54ae9f3f.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([84.174.159.63] helo=nf.local) by ds12 with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1mosn7-0007qn-FU; Sun, 21 Nov 2021 20:46:21 +0100 Message-ID: <5251bf43-a980-3398-80d6-9689f0efc926@nbd.name> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2021 20:46:20 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.2 Subject: Re: Bug/Regression - Ralink RT2800 kernel deference issue since kernel 5.14 Content-Language: en-US To: Robert W , xl@wp.pl Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: From: Felix Fietkau In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On 2021-11-12 22:21, Robert W wrote: > Hi, > > I have recently tried to upgrade a system to run the 5.14 kernel and > noticed that I was getting hangs on the system which seem to relate to > this wireless dongle which I am running hostapd against to provide a > small AP. Since that time kernel 5.15 was released and I have tested > that kernel as well and the problem persists. The issue sometimes > occurs within an hour and other times it takes a few hours. I have tried > to narrow down what is causing the issue. I thought it might be a > change elsewhere outside the mac80211/driver area so I tried to run the > wireless backports 5.15-rc6 on top of the last stable kernel of 5.13 so > as to have the smallest number of changes on the system. The backports > crashes with the same error. I have included below the netconsole > output and the gdb of the kernel module in question. The capture was > from when I was using the backports, but the error is the same. I hope > the pastebins are okay to use on the list. I did try to get some > assistance on linux-wireless IRC and some one asked for the outputs I > had for the information so I am reusing them here. > > The following pastebin is the data sent to a netconsole instance. > > https://pastebin.com/UxRrTtUh > > The gdb debug of the kernel module suggests this section of code. > > https://pastebin.com/iMzxWEVU > > I am able to run further tests if required. I am not a programmer, but > I can usually apply code patches and build the resulting code. Please > let me know if require any further information. Please try this patch: diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c index 278945e3e08a..e19f6e246642 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/tx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c @@ -1822,15 +1822,15 @@ static int invoke_tx_handlers_late(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx) struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(tx->skb); ieee80211_tx_result res = TX_CONTINUE; + if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&tx->local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL)) + CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl); + if (unlikely(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRANSMISSION)) { __skb_queue_tail(&tx->skbs, tx->skb); tx->skb = NULL; goto txh_done; } - if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&tx->local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL)) - CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl); - CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_michael_mic_add); CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_sequence); CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_fragment);