Re: [PATCH] mac80211: add stations tied to AP_VLANs during hw reconfig

[Manikanta Pubbisetty <mpubbise@codeaurora.org>]

On 7/2/2018 3:40 PM, Manikanta Pubbisetty wrote:
> As part of hw reconfig, only stations linked to AP interfaces are added
> back to the driver ignoring those which are tied to AP_VLAN interfaces.
>
> It is true that there could be stations tied to the AP_VLAN interface while
> serving 4addr clients or when using AP_VLAN for VLAN operations; we should
> be adding these stations back to the driver as part of hw reconfig, failing
> to do so can cause functional issues.
>
> In the case of ath10k driver, the following errors were observed.
>
> ath10k_pci : failed to install key for non-existent peer XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
> Workqueue: events_freezable ieee80211_restart_work [mac80211]
> (unwind_backtrace) from (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
> (show_stack) (dump_stack+0x80/0xa0)
> (dump_stack) (warn_slowpath_common+0x68/0x8c)
> (warn_slowpath_common) (warn_slowpath_null+0x18/0x20)
> (warn_slowpath_null) (ieee80211_enable_keys+0x88/0x154 [mac80211])
> (ieee80211_enable_keys) (ieee80211_reconfig+0xc90/0x19c8 [mac80211])
> (ieee80211_reconfig]) (ieee80211_restart_work+0x8c/0xa0 [mac80211])
> (ieee80211_restart_work) (process_one_work+0x284/0x488)
> (process_one_work) (worker_thread+0x228/0x360)
> (worker_thread) (kthread+0xd8/0xec)
> (kthread) (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24)
>
> Also while bringing down the AP VAP, WARN_ONs and errors related to peer
> removal were observed.
>
> ath10k_pci : failed to clear all peer wep keys for vdev 0: -2
> ath10k_pci : failed to disassociate station: 8c:fd:f0:0a:8c:f5 vdev 0: -2
> (unwind_backtrace) (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
> (show_stack) (dump_stack+0x80/0xa0)
> (dump_stack) (warn_slowpath_common+0x68/0x8c)
> (warn_slowpath_common) (warn_slowpath_null+0x18/0x20)
> (warn_slowpath_null) (sta_set_sinfo+0xb98/0xc9c [mac80211])
> (sta_set_sinfo [mac80211]) (__sta_info_flush+0xf0/0x134 [mac80211])
> (__sta_info_flush [mac80211]) (ieee80211_stop_ap+0xe8/0x390 [mac80211])
> (ieee80211_stop_ap [mac80211]) (__cfg80211_stop_ap+0xe0/0x3dc [cfg80211])
> (__cfg80211_stop_ap [cfg80211]) (cfg80211_stop_ap+0x30/0x44 [cfg80211])
> (cfg80211_stop_ap [cfg80211]) (genl_rcv_msg+0x274/0x30c)
> (genl_rcv_msg) (netlink_rcv_skb+0x58/0xac)
> (netlink_rcv_skb) (genl_rcv+0x20/0x34)
> (genl_rcv) (netlink_unicast+0x11c/0x204)
> (netlink_unicast) (netlink_sendmsg+0x30c/0x370)
> (netlink_sendmsg) (sock_sendmsg+0x70/0x84)
> (sock_sendmsg) (___sys_sendmsg.part.3+0x188/0x228)
> (___sys_sendmsg.part.3) (__sys_sendmsg+0x4c/0x70)
> (__sys_sendmsg) (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x44)
>
> These issues got fixed by adding the stations which are
> tied to AP_VLANs back to the driver.

Johannes,

I see the status of this patch as "accepted" in patchwork but I could 
not find the change in the master branch of mac80211-next.
Some of my other recent changes are present in the master branch but not 
this one.

Here's the patchwork link,
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10500873/

You too see the same problem?

Thanks,
Manikanta