linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/2] brcmfmac: Silence error messages about unsupported firmware features

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Date:   Wed, 12 May 2021 00:15:49 +0300
From:   Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
To:     Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        Chi-Hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ress.com>,
        Wright Feng <wright.feng@...ress.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        brcm80211-dev-list@...ress.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] brcmfmac: Silence error messages about unsupported firmware features

KMSG is flooded with error messages about unsupported firmware
features of BCM4329 chip. The GET_ASSOCLIST error became especially
noisy with a newer NetworkManager version of Ubuntu 21.04. Turn the
noisy error messages into info messages and print them out only once.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
---

v2: - Switched to use generic printk helper as was suggested by
      Andy Shevchenko in a comment to v1.

    - Silenced message about the rxchain, which is also unsupported
      by BCM4329.

 .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c       | 16 +++++++++++++---
 .../wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c  | 11 ++++++++---
 .../wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/debug.h |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
index f4405d7861b6..27331dfc9ec0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -2892,8 +2892,13 @@ brcmf_cfg80211_dump_station(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *ndev,
 					     &cfg->assoclist,
 					     sizeof(cfg->assoclist));
 		if (err) {
-			bphy_err(drvr, "BRCMF_C_GET_ASSOCLIST unsupported, err=%d\n",
-				 err);
+			/* GET_ASSOCLIST unsupported by firmware of older chips */
+			if (err == -EBADE)
+				bphy_info_once(drvr, "BRCMF_C_GET_ASSOCLIST unsupported\n");
+			else
+				bphy_err(drvr, "BRCMF_C_GET_ASSOCLIST failed, err=%d\n",
+					 err);
+
 			cfg->assoclist.count = 0;
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		}
@@ -6848,7 +6853,12 @@ static int brcmf_setup_wiphybands(struct brcmf_cfg80211_info *cfg)
 
 	err = brcmf_fil_iovar_int_get(ifp, "rxchain", &rxchain);
 	if (err) {
-		bphy_err(drvr, "rxchain error (%d)\n", err);
+		/* rxchain unsupported by firmware of older chips */
+		if (err == -EBADE)
+			bphy_info_once(drvr, "rxchain unsupported\n");
+		else
+			bphy_err(drvr, "rxchain error (%d)\n", err);
+
 		nchain = 1;
 	} else {
 		for (nchain = 0; rxchain; nchain++)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
index 838b09b23abf..f98b48cfc001 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
@@ -188,9 +188,14 @@ static void _brcmf_set_multicast_list(struct work_struct *work)
 	/*Finally, pick up the PROMISC flag */
 	cmd_value = (ndev->flags & IFF_PROMISC) ? true : false;
 	err = brcmf_fil_cmd_int_set(ifp, BRCMF_C_SET_PROMISC, cmd_value);
-	if (err < 0)
-		bphy_err(drvr, "Setting BRCMF_C_SET_PROMISC failed, %d\n",
-			 err);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		/* PROMISC unsupported by firmware of older chips */
+		if (err == -EBADE)
+			bphy_info_once(drvr, "BRCMF_C_SET_PROMISC unsupported\n");
+		else
+			bphy_err(drvr, "Setting BRCMF_C_SET_PROMISC failed, err=%d\n",
+				 err);
+	}
 	brcmf_configure_arp_nd_offload(ifp, !cmd_value);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/debug.h b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/debug.h
index 44ba6f389fa9..9bb5f709d41a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/debug.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/debug.h
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ void __brcmf_err(struct brcmf_bus *bus, const char *func, const char *fmt, ...);
 				  ##__VA_ARGS__);			\
 	} while (0)
 
+#define bphy_info_once(drvr, fmt, ...)					\
+	wiphy_info_once((drvr)->wiphy, "%s: " fmt, __func__,		\
+			##__VA_ARGS__)
+
 #if defined(DEBUG) || defined(CONFIG_BRCM_TRACING)
 
 /* For debug/tracing purposes treat info messages as errors */
-- 
2.30.2