Re: iwlwifi frequent drops between v6.2-rc3 and v6.3-rc1

["Linux regression tracking #update (Thorsten Leemhuis)" <regressions@leemhuis.info>]

On 12.04.23 13:38, Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis) wrote:
> Hi, Thorsten here, the Linux kernel's regression tracker. Top-posting
> for once, to make this easily accessible to everyone.
> 
> Vegard, any news here? Is this still happening?
> 
> And out of curiosity: how often is "[wifi started] dropping a lot"
> actually? I have seen occasional disconnects with iwlwifi myself, but I
> have no idea what's causing them -- and I think it started earlier
> already (and might have started when I switched to iwd, not sure). And
> the error messages in the log only look similar in a few cases.
> 
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> #regzbot poke

Putting this on the backburner to reduce the noise in the list of
tracked issues:

#regzbot backburner: not bisected and lack of data to debug this further
#regzbot ignore-activity

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> On 25.03.23 21:33, Alexander Wetzel wrote:
>> On 17.03.23 16:29, Alexander Wetzel wrote:
>>> On 17.03.23 09:53, Vegard Nossum wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Somewhere between e8f60cd7db24 (v6.2-rc3) and 2eb29d59ddf0 (v6.3-rc1) my
>>>> wifi started dropping a lot. I'm using iwlwifi and I've checked the old
>>>> logs that the firmware hasn't changed:
>>>>
>>>> Feb 25 16:22:33 kernel: iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: loaded firmware version
>>>> 36.e91976c0.0 8000C-36.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
>>>>
>>>> My logs look like this:
>>>>
>>>> 09:01:50 kernel: wlp4s0: Connection to AP [REDACTED]:0b:25 lost
>>>> 09:01:50 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED
>>>> bssid=[REDACTED]:0b:25 reason=4 locally_generated=1
>>>> 09:01:50 NetworkManager[8368]: <warn>  [1679040110.6548]
>>>> sup-iface[0x5628f2495990,wlp4s0]: connection disconnected (reason -4)
>>>> 09:01:50 NetworkManager[8368]: <info>  [1679040110.6656] device
>>>> (wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: completed -> disconnected
>>>> 09:01:50 NetworkManager[8368]: <info>  [1679040110.7609] device
>>>> (wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
>>>> 09:01:53 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: SME: Trying to authenticate
>>>> with [REDACTED]:0b:25 (SSID='[REDACTED]' freq=5500 MHz)
>>>> 09:01:53 kernel: wlp4s0: authenticate with [REDACTED]:0b:25
>>>> 09:01:53 kernel: wlp4s0: send auth to [REDACTED]:0b:25 (try 1/3)
>>>> 09:01:53 kernel: wlp4s0: authenticated
>>>> 09:01:53 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: Trying to associate with
>>>> [REDACTED]:0b:25 (SSID='[REDACTED]' freq=5500 MHz)
>>>> 09:01:53 kernel: wlp4s0: associate with [REDACTED]:0b:25 (try 1/3)
>>>> 09:01:53 kernel: wlp4s0: RX AssocResp from [REDACTED]:0b:25
>>>> (capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=36)
>>>> 09:01:53 NetworkManager[8368]: <info>  [1679040113.4553] device
>>>> (wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: scanning -> authenticating
>>>> 09:01:53 kernel: wlp4s0: associated
>>>> 09:01:53 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: Associated with [REDACTED]:0b:25
>>>> 09:01:53 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0:
>>>> CTRL-EVENT-SUBNET-STATUS-UPDATE status=0
>>>> 09:01:53 NetworkManager[8368]: <info>  [1679040113.4645] device
>>>> (wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: authenticating -> associating
>>>> 09:01:53 NetworkManager[8368]: <info>  [1679040113.4829] device
>>>> (wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: associating -> associated
>>>> 09:01:53 NetworkManager[8368]: <info>  [1679040113.5175] device
>>>> (wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: associated -> 4-way handshake
>>>> 09:01:53 kernel: wlp4s0: Connection to AP [REDACTED]:0b:25 lost
>>>> 09:01:53 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED
>>>> bssid=[REDACTED]:0b:25 reason=4 locally_generated=1
>>>> 09:01:53 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: WPA: 4-Way Handshake failed -
>>>> pre-shared key may be incorrect
>>>> 09:01:53 wpa_supplicant[1279]: wlp4s0: CTRL-EVENT-SSID-TEMP-DISABLED
>>>> id=0 ssid="[REDACTED]" auth_failures=1 duration=10 reason=WRONG_KEY
>>>> 09:01:53 NetworkManager[8368]: <warn>  [1679040113.5685]
>>>> sup-iface[0x5628f2495990,wlp4s0]: connection disconnected (reason -4)
>>>> 09:01:53 NetworkManager[8368]: <info>  [1679040113.5737] device
>>>> (wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: 4-way handshake -> disconnected
>>>> 09:01:53 NetworkManager[8368]: <info>  [1679040113.6759] device
>>>> (wlp4s0): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> scanning
>>>>
>>>> I did see that somebody else reported a similar regression, but I don't
>>>> know if it could be the same problem or not (I see the driver is
>>>> different, but the fix looks generic):
>>>>
>>>> https://linux-regtracking.leemhuis.info/regzbot/regression/217119/
>>>>
>>>> The buggy commit that was identified there does seem to be within the
>>>> range of potential culprits:
>>>>
>>>> $ git log --oneline e8f60cd7db24..2eb29d59ddf0 | grep resumption
>>>> 4444bc2116ae wifi: mac80211: Proper mark iTXQs for resumption
>>>>
>>>> If people think it's the same, I could try the proposed fix -- otherwise
>>>> let me know what else I can do to help track this down.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You are using a iwlwilf/mvm card. The fix we plan to merge for that
>>> regression above won't help you. (mvm cards do not use the function we
>>> serialized in the end. iwlwifi/dvm on the other uses it.)
>>>
>>> But Johannes is working on a comparable issue affecting mvm cards.
>>> Check out
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230314103840.30771-1-jtornosm@redhat.com
>>>
>>> That may well fix your issue.
>>
>> It's surprisingly quiet here...
>> Are these fixes helping? Honestly I'm not very optimistic.
>> I expect that this is something else...
>>
>> If so, we can debug that here together.
>>
>> For start, I would like to see the full logs, starting from the initial
>> (working) connect.
>>
>> I also would like to get a confirmation, that by booting an older kernel
>> (v6.2-rc3 or older) the system gets stable again. (Not that
>> wpa_supplicant or the router got an update, too.)
>>
>> Alexander
>>
>>