linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath10k: Trigger STA disconnect after reconfig complete on hardware restart

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Message-ID: <168561554040.17301.14211213140833705181.kvalo@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu,  1 Jun 2023 10:32:23 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To:     Youghandhar Chintala <quic_youghand@...cinc.com>
Cc:     <ath10k@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <quic_mpubbise@...cinc.com>,
        Youghandhar Chintala <quic_youghand@...cinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath10k: Trigger STA disconnect after reconfig
 complete
 on hardware restart

Youghandhar Chintala <quic_youghand@...cinc.com> wrote:

> Currently, on WCN3990, the station disconnect after hardware recovery is
> not working as expected. This is because of setting the
> IEEE80211_SDATA_DISCONNECT_HW_RESTART flag very early in the hardware
> recovery process even before the driver invokes ieee80211_hw_restart().
> On the contrary, mac80211 expects this flag to be set after
> ieee80211_hw_restart() is invoked for it to trigger station disconnect.
> 
> Set the IEEE80211_SDATA_DISCONNECT_HW_RESTART flag in
> ath10k_reconfig_complete() instead to fix this.
> 
> The other targets are not affected by this change, since the hardware
> params flag is not set.
> 
> Tested-on: WCN3990 hw1.0 SNOC WLAN.HL.3.2.2.c10-00754-QCAHLSWMTPL-1
> 
> Fixes: 2c3fc50591ff ("ath10k: Trigger sta disconnect on hardware restart")
> Signed-off-by: Youghandhar Chintala <quic_youghand@...cinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@...cinc.com>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

75bd32f5ce94 wifi: ath10k: Trigger STA disconnect after reconfig complete on hardware restart

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20230518101515.3820-1-quic_youghand@quicinc.com/

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