linux-kernel - [PATCH wireless v2 4/4] wifi: b43: Disable QoS for bcm4331

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Message-ID: <20231231050300.122806-5-sergeantsagara@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 05:03:58 +0000
From: Rahul Rameshbabu <sergeantsagara@...tonmail.com>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>, Michael Büsch <m@...s.ch>, Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@...il.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, b43-dev@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rahul Rameshbabu <sergeantsagara@...tonmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH wireless v2 4/4] wifi: b43: Disable QoS for bcm4331

bcm4331 seems to not function correctly with QoS support. This may be due
to issues with currently available firmware or potentially a device
specific issue.

When queues that are not of the default "best effort" priority are
selected, traffic appears to not transmit out of the hardware while no
errors are returned. This behavior is present among all the other priority
queues: video, voice, and background. While this can be worked around by
setting a kernel parameter, the default behavior is problematic for most
users and may be difficult to debug. This patch offers a working out-of-box
experience for bcm4331 users.

Log of the issue (using ssh low-priority traffic as an example):
    ssh -T -vvvv git@...hub.com
    OpenSSH_9.6p1, OpenSSL 3.0.12 24 Oct 2023
    debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
    debug2: checking match for 'host * exec "/nix/store/q1c2flcykgr4wwg5a6h450hxbk4ch589-bash-5.2-p15/bin/bash -c '/nix/store/c015armnkhr6v18za0rypm7sh1i8js8w-gnupg-2.4.1/bin/gpg-connect-agent --quiet updatestartuptty /bye >/dev/null 2>&1'"' host github.com originally github.com
    debug3: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 5: matched 'host "github.com"'
    debug1: Executing command: '/nix/store/q1c2flcykgr4wwg5a6h450hxbk4ch589-bash-5.2-p15/bin/bash -c '/nix/store/c015armnkhr6v18za0rypm7sh1i8js8w-gnupg-2.4.1/bin/gpg-connect-agent --quiet updatestartuptty /bye >/dev/null 2>&1''
    debug3: command returned status 0
    debug3: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 5: matched 'exec "/nix/store/q1c2flcykgr4wwg5a6h450hxbk4ch589-bash-5.2-p15/bin/bash -c '/nix/store/c015armnkhr6v18za0r"'
    debug2: match found
    debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 9: Applying options for *
    debug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts' -> '/home/binary-eater/.ssh/known_hosts'
    debug3: expanded UserKnownHostsFile '~/.ssh/known_hosts2' -> '/home/binary-eater/.ssh/known_hosts2'
    debug2: resolving "github.com" port 22
    debug3: resolve_host: lookup github.com:22
    debug3: channel_clear_timeouts: clearing
    debug3: ssh_connect_direct: entering
    debug1: Connecting to github.com [192.30.255.113] port 22.
    debug3: set_sock_tos: set socket 3 IP_TOS 0x48

Fixes: e6f5b934fba8 ("b43: Add QOS support")
Signed-off-by: Rahul Rameshbabu <sergeantsagara@...tonmail.com>
---

Notes:
    Changes:
    
        v1->v2:
            - Simplified logic to solely just disable QoS for
              bcm4331 (suggested by Michael Büsch <m@...s.ch>)

 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
index 97d8bdeaa06c..effb6c23f825 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
@@ -2587,7 +2587,8 @@ static void b43_request_firmware(struct work_struct *work)
 
 start_ieee80211:
 	wl->hw->queues = B43_QOS_QUEUE_NUM;
-	if (!modparam_qos || dev->fw.opensource)
+	if (!modparam_qos || dev->fw.opensource ||
+	    dev->dev->chip_id == BCMA_CHIP_ID_BCM4331)
 		wl->hw->queues = 1;
 
 	err = ieee80211_register_hw(wl->hw);
-- 
2.42.0