linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/12] wifi: wilc1000: disable firmware power save if bluetooth is in use

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Message-ID: <20250216160729.GG1615191@kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:07:29 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@...tlin.com>
Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@...il.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
	Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@...rochip.com>,
	Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
	Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
	linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/12] wifi: wilc1000: disable firmware power save if
 bluetooth is in use

On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 04:46:28PM +0100, Alexis Lothoré wrote:
> If the wlan interface exposed by wilc driver has power save enabled
> (either explicitly with iw dev wlan set power_save on, or because
> kernel is built with CONFIG_CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS), it will send a power
> management command to the wlan firmware when corresponding interface is
> brought up. The bluetooth part, if used, is supposed to work
> independently from the WLAN CPU. Unfortunately, this power save
> management, if applied by the WLAN side, disrupts bluetooth operations
> (the bluetooth CPU does not answer any command anymore on the UART
> interface)
> 
> Make sure that the bluetooth part can work independently by disabling
> power save in wlan firmware when bluetooth is in use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@...tlin.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/bt.c       | 29 +++++++++++++++++++---
>  drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c |  5 +++-
>  drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.h   |  3 +++
>  3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/bt.c b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/bt.c
> index b0f68a5479a5bd6f70e2390a35512037dc6c332b..f0eb5fb506eddf0f6f4f3f0b182eaa650c1c7a87 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/bt.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/bt.c
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
>  #include <linux/of_platform.h>
>  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
>  #include <net/wilc.h>
> +#include "cfg80211.h"
>  #include "netdev.h"
>  #include "wlan_if.h"
>  #include "wlan.h"
> @@ -261,22 +262,36 @@ static int wilc_bt_start(struct wilc *wilc)
>  int wilc_bt_init(void *wilc_wl_priv)
>  {
>  	struct wilc *wilc = (struct wilc *)wilc_wl_priv;
> +	struct wilc_vif *vif;
>  	int ret;
>  
> +	wilc->bt_enabled = true;
> +
>  	if (!wilc->hif_func->hif_is_init(wilc)) {
>  		dev_info(wilc->dev, "Initializing bus before starting BT");
>  		acquire_bus(wilc, WILC_BUS_ACQUIRE_ONLY);
>  		ret = wilc->hif_func->hif_init(wilc, false);
>  		release_bus(wilc, WILC_BUS_RELEASE_ONLY);
> -		if (ret)
> +		if (ret) {
> +			wilc->bt_enabled = false;
>  			return ret;
> +		}
>  	}
>  
> +	/* Power save feature managed by WLAN firmware may disrupt
> +	 * operations from the bluetooth CPU, so disable it while bluetooth
> +	 * is in use (if enabled, it will be enabled back when bluetooth is
> +	 * not used anymore)
> +	 */
> +	vif = wilc_get_wl_to_vif(wilc);
> +	if (wilc->power_save_mode && wilc_set_power_mgmt(vif, false))
> +		goto hif_deinit;

Hi Alexis,

Jumping to hif_deinit will result in the function returning ret.
But ret may not not be initialised until a few lines below.

Flagged by Smatch.

> +
>  	mutex_lock(&wilc->radio_fw_start);
>  	ret = wilc_bt_power_up(wilc);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		dev_err(wilc->dev, "Error powering up bluetooth chip\n");
> -		goto hif_deinit;
> +		goto reenable_power_save;
>  	}
>  	ret = wilc_bt_firmware_download(wilc);
>  	if (ret) {
> @@ -293,10 +308,14 @@ int wilc_bt_init(void *wilc_wl_priv)
>  
>  power_down:
>  	wilc_bt_power_down(wilc);
> -hif_deinit:
> +reenable_power_save:
> +	if (wilc->power_save_mode_request)
> +		wilc_set_power_mgmt(vif, true);
>  	mutex_unlock(&wilc->radio_fw_start);
> +hif_deinit:
>  	if (!wilc->initialized)
>  		wilc->hif_func->hif_deinit(wilc);
> +	wilc->bt_enabled = false;
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(wilc_bt_init);

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