netdev - Re: mac80211/ath11k regression in next-20220720

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Date:   Fri, 22 Jul 2022 10:06:55 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>, ath11k@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mac80211/ath11k regression in next-20220720

On Fri, 2022-07-22 at 10:05 +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > We think the "fix" is this:
> > 
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git/commit/?h=mld&id=dd5a559d8e90fdb9424e0580b91702c5838928dc
> > 
> > Do you want to try it?
> 
> Thanks for the quick reply. And yes, that fixes the problem.

OK great, thanks for checking!

> I apparently failed to apply all commits from that mld branch, but this
> one alone fixes it.

OK, I'll check later.

> > Note that if that fixes it, it's still a bug in the driver, but one that
> > you'd otherwise not hit.
> 
> Yeah, those warnings looked like secondary issues if that's what you're
> referring to?

No, I mean there are legitimate cases where override==true, and then the
driver breaks. It's just uncommon (I think perhaps only specific
userspace [debug] configurations), but it could happen.

johannes