linux-kernel - Re: [REGRESSION] 3.10.{6,7} crashes on network activity

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Date:	Tue, 20 Aug 2013 16:34:28 +0800
From:	Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>
To:	Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Wireless List <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] 3.10.{6,7} crashes on network activity

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org> wrote:
> On 2013-08-20 2:28 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 08:26:11AM +0800, Tom Gundersen wrote:
>>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
>>> <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>> > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 07:59:47AM +0800, Tom Gundersen wrote:
>>> >> Hi guys,
>>> >>
>>> >> Starting with 3.10.6 (and still present in .7) I get an oops on
>>> >> connecting to the network.
>>> >>
>>> >> The attached picture shows the oops. In case it does not reach the ML,
>>> >> the top of the call trace reads:
>>> >>
>>> >> brcms_c_compute_rtscts_dur
>>> >> brcms_c_ampdu_finalize
>>> >> ampdu_finalize
>>> >> dma_txfast
>>> >> brcms_c_txfifo
>>> >> brcms_c_sendpkt_mac80211
>>> >> brcms_ops_tx
>>> >> __ieee80211_tx
>>> >>
>>> >> I bisected the problem and the first bad commit is
>>> >>
>>> >> commit ef47a5e4f1aaf1d0e2e6875e34b2c9595897bef6
>>> >> Author: Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>
>>> >> Date:   Fri Jun 28 21:04:35 2013 +0200
>>> >>
>>> >>     mac80211/minstrel_ht: fix cck rate sampling
>>> >>
>>> >>     commit 1cd158573951f737fbc878a35cb5eb47bf9af3d5 upstream.
>>> >>
>>> >> Reverting it on top of .7 fixes the problem.
>>> >>
>>> >> I had the same (I suppose) problem on mainline some time ago, but I
>>> >> have not bisected it, verified that the problem still occurs there, or
>>> >> checked if reverting the upstream patch fixes it. I'd be happy to do
>>> >> that if it would help though.
>>> >>
>>> >> Let me know if you need any more information.
>>> >
>>> > Do you have this same problem with 3.11-rc6 as well?
>>>
>>> Yes, I just confirmed. I also confirmed that reverting the mainline
>>> commit on top of -rc6 fixes the problem.
>>
>> Great, thanks.
>>
>> Felix and Johannes, any chance we can get this reverted in Linus tree
>> soon, and push that revert back to the 3.10 stable tree as well?
> I'd like to avoid a revert, since that will simply replace one set of
> issues with another. Let's limit the use of the feature that brcmsmac
> can't handle to drivers that are known to work with it. Tom, Please
> test this patch to see if it fixes your issue.

The patch (on top of -rc6) fixes it for me. Thanks.

-t

> ---
> --- a/include/net/mac80211.h
> +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
> @@ -1501,6 +1501,7 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
>         IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_RC_TABLE                  = 1<<24,
>         IEEE80211_HW_P2P_DEV_ADDR_FOR_INTF              = 1<<25,
>         IEEE80211_HW_TIMING_BEACON_ONLY                 = 1<<26,
> +       IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_HT_CCK_RATES              = 1<<27,
>  };
>
>  /**
> --- a/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
> @@ -828,6 +828,9 @@ minstrel_ht_update_cck(struct minstrel_p
>         if (sband->band != IEEE80211_BAND_2GHZ)
>                 return;
>
> +       if (!(mp->hw->flags & IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_HT_CCK_RATES))
> +               return;
> +
>         mi->cck_supported = 0;
>         mi->cck_supported_short = 0;
>         for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
> @@ -807,7 +807,8 @@ void ath9k_set_hw_capab(struct ath_softc
>                 IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK |
>                 IEEE80211_HW_SPECTRUM_MGMT |
>                 IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS |
> -               IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_RC_TABLE;
> +               IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_RC_TABLE |
> +               IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_HT_CCK_RATES;
>
>         if (sc->sc_ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_HT) {
>                 hw->flags |= IEEE80211_HW_AMPDU_AGGREGATION;
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c
> @@ -1878,7 +1878,8 @@ void *carl9170_alloc(size_t priv_size)
>                      IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK |
>                      IEEE80211_HW_NEED_DTIM_BEFORE_ASSOC |
>                      IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_RC_TABLE |
> -                    IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_DBM;
> +                    IEEE80211_HW_SIGNAL_DBM |
> +                    IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_HT_CCK_RATES;
>
>         if (!modparam_noht) {
>                 /*
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
> @@ -6327,7 +6327,8 @@ static int rt2800_probe_hw_mode(struct r
>             IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_PS |
>             IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK |
>             IEEE80211_HW_AMPDU_AGGREGATION |
> -           IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS;
> +           IEEE80211_HW_REPORTS_TX_ACK_STATUS |
> +           IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_HT_CCK_RATES;
>
>         /*
>          * Don't set IEEE80211_HW_HOST_BROADCAST_PS_BUFFERING for USB devices
>
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