linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/5] wifi: ath11k: fix dest ring-buffer corruption

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Message-ID: <20250604143457.26032-2-johan+linaro@kernel.org>
Date: Wed,  4 Jun 2025 16:34:53 +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 1/5] wifi: ath11k: fix dest ring-buffer corruption

Add the missing memory barrier to make sure that destination ring
descriptors are read after the head pointers to avoid using stale data
on weakly ordered architectures like aarch64.

The barrier is added to the ath11k_hal_srng_access_begin() helper for
symmetry with follow-on fixes for source ring buffer corruption which
will add barriers to ath11k_hal_srng_access_end().

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/ce.c    |  3 ---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c |  3 ---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c   | 12 +++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ce.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ce.c
index 9d8efec46508..39d9aad33bc6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ce.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ce.c
@@ -393,9 +393,6 @@ static int ath11k_ce_completed_recv_next(struct ath11k_ce_pipe *pipe,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	/* Make sure descriptor is read after the head pointer. */
-	dma_rmb();
-
 	*nbytes = ath11k_hal_ce_dst_status_get_length(desc);
 
 	*skb = pipe->dest_ring->skb[sw_index];
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c
index ea2959305dec..d8dab182a9af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c
@@ -2650,9 +2650,6 @@ int ath11k_dp_process_rx(struct ath11k_base *ab, int ring_id,
 try_again:
 	ath11k_hal_srng_access_begin(ab, srng);
 
-	/* Make sure descriptor is read after the head pointer. */
-	dma_rmb();
-
 	while (likely(desc =
 	      (struct hal_reo_dest_ring *)ath11k_hal_srng_dst_get_next_entry(ab,
 									     srng))) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c
index 8cb1505a5a0c..921114686ba3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c
@@ -823,13 +823,23 @@ u32 *ath11k_hal_srng_src_peek(struct ath11k_base *ab, struct hal_srng *srng)
 
 void ath11k_hal_srng_access_begin(struct ath11k_base *ab, struct hal_srng *srng)
 {
+	u32 hp;
+
 	lockdep_assert_held(&srng->lock);
 
 	if (srng->ring_dir == HAL_SRNG_DIR_SRC) {
 		srng->u.src_ring.cached_tp =
 			*(volatile u32 *)srng->u.src_ring.tp_addr;
 	} else {
-		srng->u.dst_ring.cached_hp = READ_ONCE(*srng->u.dst_ring.hp_addr);
+		hp = READ_ONCE(*srng->u.dst_ring.hp_addr);
+
+		if (hp != srng->u.dst_ring.cached_hp) {
+			srng->u.dst_ring.cached_hp = hp;
+			/* Make sure descriptor is read after the head
+			 * pointer.
+			 */
+			dma_rmb();
+		}
 
 		/* Try to prefetch the next descriptor in the ring */
 		if (srng->flags & HAL_SRNG_FLAGS_CACHED)
-- 
2.49.0