linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.6 123/254] ath9k: Handle txpower changes even when TPC is disabled

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Date:   Thu, 16 Apr 2020 15:23:32 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Remi Pommarel <repk@...plefau.lt>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.6 123/254] ath9k: Handle txpower changes even when TPC is disabled

From: Remi Pommarel <repk@...plefau.lt>

commit 968ae2caad0782db5dbbabb560d3cdefd2945d38 upstream.

When TPC is disabled IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER event can be handled to
reconfigure HW's maximum txpower.

This fixes 0dBm txpower setting when user attaches to an interface for
the first time with the following scenario:

ieee80211_do_open()
    ath9k_add_interface()
        ath9k_set_txpower() /* Set TX power with not yet initialized
                               sc->hw->conf.power_level */

    ieee80211_hw_config() /* Iniatilize sc->hw->conf.power_level and
                             raise IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER */

    ath9k_config() /* IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER is ignored */

This issue can be reproduced with the following:

  $ modprobe -r ath9k
  $ modprobe ath9k
  $ wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /tmp/wpa.conf &
  $ iw dev /* Here TX power is either 0 or 3 depending on RF chain */
  $ killall wpa_supplicant
  $ iw dev /* TX power goes back to calibrated value and subsequent
              calls will be fine */

Fixes: 283dd11994cde ("ath9k: add per-vif TX power capability")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Remi Pommarel <repk@...plefau.lt>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1457,6 +1457,9 @@ static int ath9k_config(struct ieee80211
 		ath_chanctx_set_channel(sc, ctx, &hw->conf.chandef);
 	}
 
+	if (changed & IEEE80211_CONF_CHANGE_POWER)
+		ath9k_set_txpower(sc, NULL);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex);
 	ath9k_ps_restore(sc);