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Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 07:31:34 +0000
From: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@....com>
To: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>, Brian Norris
<briannorris@...omium.org>, Francesco Dolcini <francesco@...cini.it>, Kalle
Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
CC: "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>, Pete Hsieh
<tsung-hsien.hsieh@....com>
Subject: RE: [EXT] [PATCH] wifi: mwifiex: Ensure all STA and AP use the same
channel
> From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2024 2:57 PM
> To: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>; Francesco Dolcini
> <francesco@...cini.it>; Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Sascha Hauer
> <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>; stable@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [EXT] [PATCH] wifi: mwifiex: Ensure all STA and AP use the same
> channel
>
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>
> The mwifiex chips support simultaneous Accesspoint and station mode, but this
> only works when all are using the same channel. The downstream driver uses
> ECSA which makes the Accesspoint automatically switch to the channel the
> station is going to use. Until this is implemented in the mwifiex driver at
> least catch this situation and bail out with an error.
> Userspace doesn't have a meaningful way to figure out what went wrong, so
> print an error message to give the user a clue.
>
> Without this patch the driver would timeout on the
> HostCmd_CMD_802_11_ASSOCIATE command when creating a station with a
> channel different from the one that an existing accesspoint uses.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c | 52
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h | 1 +
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c | 3 ++
> 3 files changed, 56 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> index 5697a02e6b8d3..0d3bf624cd3de 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> @@ -2054,6 +2054,55 @@ static int mwifiex_cfg80211_stop_ap(struct wiphy
> *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +bool mwifiex_channel_conflict(struct mwifiex_private *priv, struct
> +ieee80211_channel *ch) {
> + struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter = priv->adapter;
> + struct mwifiex_current_bss_params *bss_params;
> + u8 band;
> + int freq, i;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < adapter->priv_num; i++) {
> + struct mwifiex_private *p = adapter->priv[i];
> + struct ieee80211_channel *used = NULL;
> +
> + if (p == priv)
> + continue;
> +
> + switch (GET_BSS_ROLE(p)) {
> + case MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_UAP:
> + if (!netif_carrier_ok(p->netdev))
> + break;
> +
> + if (!cfg80211_chandef_valid(&p->bss_chandef))
> + break;
> +
> + used = p->bss_chandef.chan;
> +
> + break;
> + case MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA:
> + if (!p->media_connected)
> + break;
> +
> + bss_params = &p->curr_bss_params;
> + band =
> mwifiex_band_to_radio_type(bss_params->band);
> + freq =
> ieee80211_channel_to_frequency(bss_params->bss_descriptor.channel,
> +
> band);
> +
> + used =
> ieee80211_get_channel(priv->wdev.wiphy,
> + freq);
> +
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + if (used && !ieee80211_channel_equal(used, ch)) {
> + mwifiex_dbg(priv->adapter, MSG,
> + "all AP and STA must operate on
> same channel\n");
> + return false;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> /* cfg80211 operation handler for start_ap.
> * Function sets beacon period, DTIM period, SSID and security into
> * AP config structure.
> @@ -2069,6 +2118,9 @@ static int mwifiex_cfg80211_start_ap(struct wiphy
> *wiphy,
> if (GET_BSS_ROLE(priv) != MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_UAP)
> return -1;
>
> + if (!mwifiex_channel_conflict(priv, params->chandef.chan))
> + return -EBUSY;
> +
> bss_cfg = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mwifiex_uap_bss_param),
> GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!bss_cfg)
> return -ENOMEM;
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
> b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
> index 529863edd7a25..b68dbf884156b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
> @@ -1697,6 +1697,7 @@ int mwifiex_set_mac_address(struct
> mwifiex_private *priv,
> struct net_device *dev,
> bool external, u8 *new_mac); void
> mwifiex_devdump_tmo_func(unsigned long function_context);
> +bool mwifiex_channel_conflict(struct mwifiex_private *priv, struct
> +ieee80211_channel *ch);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> void mwifiex_debugfs_init(void);
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
> b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
> index d3cba6895f8ce..9794816d8a0c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
> @@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ int mwifiex_bss_start(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
> struct cfg80211_bss *bss,
> if (!bss_desc)
> return -1;
>
> + if (!mwifiex_channel_conflict(priv, bss->channel))
> + return -EBUSY;
> +
> if (mwifiex_band_to_radio_type(bss_desc->bss_band) ==
>
> HostCmd_SCAN_RADIO_TYPE_BG) {
> config_bands = BAND_B | BAND_G | BAND_GN;
>
> ---
> base-commit: 67a72043aa2e6f60f7bbe7bfa598ba168f16d04f
> change-id: 20240830-mwifiex-check-channel-f411a156bbe0
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
Please use https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20240902084311.2607-1-yu-hao.lin@nxp.com/ to replace this patch.
This patch can't let AP and STA running on the same channel if some wiphy parameters are set.
David
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