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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 210FDC07E85 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2018 22:00:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E46CE20645 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2018 22:00:52 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org E46CE20645 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=decadent.org.uk Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726707AbeLIVze (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Dec 2018 16:55:34 -0500 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:34870 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726437AbeLIVzP (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Dec 2018 16:55:15 -0500 Received: from pub.yeoldevic.com ([81.174.156.145] helo=deadeye) by shadbolt.decadent.org.uk with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gW72e-0002iY-Kk; Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:55:12 +0000 Received: from ben by deadeye with local (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1gW72b-0003KJ-EE; Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:55:09 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "Sven Eckelmann" , "Kalle Valo" Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:50:33 +0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Subject: [PATCH 3.16 089/328] ath10k: prevent active scans on potential unusable channels In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 81.174.156.145 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.16.62-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Sven Eckelmann commit 3f259111583801013cb605bb4414aa529adccf1c upstream. The QCA4019 hw1.0 firmware 10.4-3.2.1-00050 and 10.4-3.5.3-00053 (and most likely all other) seem to ignore the WMI_CHAN_FLAG_DFS flag during the scan. This results in transmission (probe requests) on channels which are not "available" for transmissions. Since the firmware is closed source and nothing can be done from our side to fix the problem in it, the driver has to work around this problem. The WMI_CHAN_FLAG_PASSIVE seems to be interpreted by the firmware to not scan actively on a channel unless an AP was detected on it. Simple probe requests will then be transmitted by the STA on the channel. ath10k must therefore also use this flag when it queues a radar channel for scanning. This should reduce the chance of an active scan when the channel might be "unusable" for transmissions. Fixes: e8a50f8ba44b ("ath10k: introduce DFS implementation") Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c @@ -1724,6 +1724,13 @@ static int ath10k_update_channel_list(st passive = channel->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IR; ch->passive = passive; + /* the firmware is ignoring the "radar" flag of the + * channel and is scanning actively using Probe Requests + * on "Radar detection"/DFS channels which are not + * marked as "available" + */ + ch->passive |= ch->chan_radar; + ch->freq = channel->center_freq; ch->min_power = 0; ch->max_power = channel->max_power * 2;