linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] iwlwifi: card unusable after firmware crash

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Message-ID: <CANUX_P2YqrpenS0Ey2vgyB98PixP5JAYk96LABGV3jeMvc_MJQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:57:58 +0200
From:   Emmanuel Grumbach <egrumbach@...il.com>
To:     Rui Salvaterra <rsalvaterra@...il.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "Coelho, Luciano" <luciano.coelho@...el.com>,
        "Goodstein, Mordechay" <mordechay.goodstein@...el.com>,
        "Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] iwlwifi: card unusable after firmware crash

Hi,

> Hi, again,
>
> I haven't tested any patch or bisected, but I have another data point.
> I built and tested Linux 5.8.18, with the same firmware, and it is
> working correctly. I reduced the test case to just rfkilling the
> connection, which showed the register dump immediately (before that I
> was using the airplane toggle on the keyboard, which isn't working
> correctly, it disables and immediately reenables the radio, for some
> unfathomable reason).
> So, now I'm inclined to believe this is some sort of race condition
> between rfkill and pending transactions.

Which also means it's not a regression.
You can add a dump_stack() in the function that dumps the registers to
get a clue.