netdev - Re: pull-request: wireless-drivers 2016-02-18

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Date:	Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:29:25 +0200
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev\@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Larry.Finger@...inger.net
Subject: Re: pull-request: wireless-drivers 2016-02-18

(Adding Larry)

Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> writes:

> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>
>> rtlwifi
>>
>> * fix broken VHT (802.11ac) support, reported by Linus
>
> That's commit d76d65fd26951498144029c24852c4d54ee512d9
>
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c: In function
> ‘_rtl_rc_rate_set_series’:
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c:144: warning: comparison is
> always false due to limited range of data type
>
>                 if (sta && sta->vht_cap.vht_supported &&
>                     (wireless_mode == WIRELESS_MODE_AC_5G ||
>                      wireless_mode == WIRELESS_MODE_AC_24G ||
>                      wireless_mode == WIRELESS_MODE_AC_ONLY))
>                         rate->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_RC_VHT_MCS;
>
> u8 wireless_mode = 0;
>
> enum wireless_mode {
>         ...
>         WIRELESS_MODE_AC_ONLY = 0x100,
>
> How is that supposed to work?

I have no idea what could be the difference, for example, between AC_5G
and AC_ONLY. Maybe AC_ONLY mode is not really used in normal setups and
that's why the bug doesn't break anything? Larry, do you know?

Anyway, Larry has a patch for this but I'm planning to send it to 4.6 as
I didn't think it as that urgent:

rtlwifi: Fix size of wireless mode variable

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8425191/

-- 
Kalle Valo