netdev - [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.10 020/101] mwifiex: Properly initialize private structure on interface type changes

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Message-Id: <20211108174832.1189312-20-sashal@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon,  8 Nov 2021 12:47:10 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jonas Dreßler <verdre@...d.nl>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, amitkarwar@...il.com,
        ganapathi017@...il.com, sharvari.harisangam@....com,
        huxinming820@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.10 020/101] mwifiex: Properly initialize private structure on interface type changes

From: Jonas Dreßler <verdre@...d.nl>

[ Upstream commit c606008b70627a2fc485732a53cc22f0f66d0981 ]

When creating a new virtual interface in mwifiex_add_virtual_intf(), we
update our internal driver states like bss_type, bss_priority, bss_role
and bss_mode to reflect the mode the firmware will be set to.

When switching virtual interface mode using
mwifiex_init_new_priv_params() though, we currently only update bss_mode
and bss_role. In order for the interface mode switch to actually work,
we also need to update bss_type to its proper value, so do that.

This fixes a crash of the firmware (because the driver tries to execute
commands that are invalid in AP mode) when switching from station mode
to AP mode.

Signed-off-by: Jonas Dreßler <verdre@...d.nl>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210914195909.36035-9-verdre@v0yd.nl
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
index 7a4e3c693d38b..3d1b5d3d295ae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
@@ -908,16 +908,20 @@ mwifiex_init_new_priv_params(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 	switch (type) {
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION:
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
-		priv->bss_role =  MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA;
+		priv->bss_role = MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA;
+		priv->bss_type = MWIFIEX_BSS_TYPE_STA;
 		break;
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT:
-		priv->bss_role =  MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA;
+		priv->bss_role = MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA;
+		priv->bss_type = MWIFIEX_BSS_TYPE_P2P;
 		break;
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO:
-		priv->bss_role =  MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_UAP;
+		priv->bss_role = MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_UAP;
+		priv->bss_type = MWIFIEX_BSS_TYPE_P2P;
 		break;
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
 		priv->bss_role = MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_UAP;
+		priv->bss_type = MWIFIEX_BSS_TYPE_UAP;
 		break;
 	default:
 		mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR,
-- 
2.33.0