linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 4/5] wifi: ath11k: fix source ring-buffer corruption

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Message-ID: <20250604143457.26032-5-johan+linaro@kernel.org>
Date: Wed,  4 Jun 2025 16:34:56 +0200
From: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>
To: Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@...nel.org>
Cc: Miaoqing Pan <quic_miaoqing@...cinc.com>,
	Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang@...cinc.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	ath11k@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/5] wifi: ath11k: fix source ring-buffer corruption

Add the missing memory barrier to make sure that LMAC source ring
descriptors are written before updating the head pointer to avoid
passing stale data to the firmware on weakly ordered architectures like
aarch64.

Note that non-LMAC rings use MMIO write accessors which have the
required write memory barrier.

Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.1 WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.41

Fixes: d5c65159f289 ("ath11k: driver for Qualcomm IEEE 802.11ax devices")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org      # 5.6
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c
index b1f5a927dddd..927ed2bc3fbf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c
@@ -862,7 +862,11 @@ void ath11k_hal_srng_access_end(struct ath11k_base *ab, struct hal_srng *srng)
 		if (srng->ring_dir == HAL_SRNG_DIR_SRC) {
 			srng->u.src_ring.last_tp =
 				*(volatile u32 *)srng->u.src_ring.tp_addr;
-			*srng->u.src_ring.hp_addr = srng->u.src_ring.hp;
+			/* Make sure descriptor is written before updating the
+			 * head pointer.
+			 */
+			dma_wmb();
+			WRITE_ONCE(*srng->u.src_ring.hp_addr, srng->u.src_ring.hp);
 		} else {
 			srng->u.dst_ring.last_hp = *srng->u.dst_ring.hp_addr;
 			*srng->u.dst_ring.tp_addr = srng->u.dst_ring.tp;
@@ -871,6 +875,10 @@ void ath11k_hal_srng_access_end(struct ath11k_base *ab, struct hal_srng *srng)
 		if (srng->ring_dir == HAL_SRNG_DIR_SRC) {
 			srng->u.src_ring.last_tp =
 				*(volatile u32 *)srng->u.src_ring.tp_addr;
+			/* Assume implementation use an MMIO write accessor
+			 * which has the required wmb() so that the descriptor
+			 * is written before the updating the head pointer.
+			 */
 			ath11k_hif_write32(ab,
 					   (unsigned long)srng->u.src_ring.hp_addr -
 					   (unsigned long)ab->mem,
-- 
2.49.0