[PATCH] ath11k: Reconfigure hardware rate for WCN6855 after vdev is started

* [PATCH] ath11k: Reconfigure hardware rate for WCN6855 after vdev is started
@ 2021-12-23 10:37 ` Baochen Qiang
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From: Baochen Qiang @ 2021-12-23 10:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ath11k; +Cc: linux-wireless

There is an issue that WCN6855 tries to connect to an AP using
a hardware rate of 1Mb/s , even though the AP has announced
expected rates as [24, 36, 48, 54] in Probe Response frame.

The reason is that WCN6855 firmware clears hardware rate info
of management frames when vdev starts and uses 1Mb/s as default.
To solve it, reconfigure the rate after vdev is started.

Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-01720.1-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-1

Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang@quicinc.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h |  1 +
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c  | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h
index 0103cfd0508d..18740cf2dc44 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.h
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ struct ath11k {
 #endif
 	bool dfs_block_radar_events;
 	struct ath11k_thermal thermal;
+	int hw_rate_code;
 };
 
 struct ath11k_band_cap {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c
index 0050e2c84888..d1c51010e55a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c
@@ -2760,6 +2760,11 @@ static void ath11k_recalculate_mgmt_rate(struct ath11k *ar,
 	if (ret)
 		ath11k_warn(ar->ab, "failed to set mgmt tx rate %d\n", ret);
 
+	/* For WCN6855, firmware will clear this param when vdev starts, hence
+	 * cache it here so that we can reconfigure it once vdev starts.
+	 */
+	ar->hw_rate_code = hw_rate_code;
+
 	vdev_param = WMI_VDEV_PARAM_BEACON_RATE;
 	ret = ath11k_wmi_vdev_set_param_cmd(ar, arvif->vdev_id, vdev_param,
 					    hw_rate_code);
@@ -6595,6 +6600,19 @@ static int ath11k_start_vdev_delay(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	/* Reconfigure hardware rate code since it is cleared by firmware.
+	 */
+	if (ar->hw_rate_code > 0) {
+		u32 vdev_param = WMI_VDEV_PARAM_MGMT_RATE;
+
+		ret = ath11k_wmi_vdev_set_param_cmd(ar, arvif->vdev_id, vdev_param,
+						    ar->hw_rate_code);
+		if (ret) {
+			ath11k_warn(ar->ab, "failed to set mgmt tx rate %d\n", ret);
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (arvif->vdev_type == WMI_VDEV_TYPE_MONITOR) {
 		ret = ath11k_wmi_vdev_up(ar, arvif->vdev_id, 0, ar->mac_addr);
 		if (ret) {
-- 
2.25.1


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