linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mwifiex: Read a PCI register after writing the TX ring write pointer

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Date:   Mon, 18 Oct 2021 12:30:07 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Jonas Dreßler <verdre@...d.nl>
Cc:     Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi017@...il.com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxinming820@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Jonas Dreßler <verdre@...d.nl>,
        Tsuchiya Yuto <kitakar@...il.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mwifiex: Read a PCI register after writing the TX
 ring
 write pointer

Jonas Dreßler <verdre@...d.nl> wrote:

> On the 88W8897 PCIe+USB card the firmware randomly crashes after setting
> the TX ring write pointer. The issue is present in the latest firmware
> version 15.68.19.p21 of the PCIe+USB card.
> 
> Those firmware crashes can be worked around by reading any PCI register
> of the card after setting that register, so read the PCI_VENDOR_ID
> register here. The reason this works is probably because we keep the bus
> from entering an ASPM state for a bit longer, because that's what causes
> the cards firmware to crash.
> 
> This fixes a bug where during RX/TX traffic and with ASPM L1 substates
> enabled (the specific substates where the issue happens appear to be
> platform dependent), the firmware crashes and eventually a command
> timeout appears in the logs.
> 
> BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109681
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jonas Dreßler <verdre@...d.nl>

2 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

e5f4eb8223aa mwifiex: Read a PCI register after writing the TX ring write pointer
8e3e59c31fea mwifiex: Try waking the firmware until we get an interrupt

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20211011133224.15561-2-verdre@v0yd.nl/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches