Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: ath9k: reject short WMI command responses

["Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@toke.dk>]

Mehmet Fide <mehmet.fide@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> this change breaks ath9k_htc with the AR9271 firmware from linux-firmware
> (ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw, "FW Version: 1.4"). The firmware answers
> most commands with an empty payload, while the driver passes a response
> buffer for every command: cmd_rsp in WMI_CMD()/WMI_CMD_BUF(), the 4-byte
> value of WMI_REG_WRITE_CMDID, the 4- or 12-byte buffer of
> WMI_REG_RMW_CMDID. With the new check all of these calls return
> -EMSGSIZE, and bringing the interface up fails (hostapd: "Could not set
> interface wlan0 flags (UP): Message too long").

Thank you for the detailed report! And apologies for the regression;
seems I need to do better at pushing back on untested slop patches :(

Given the lateness of the RC, I'll send a revert directly to Linus,
hopefully he can merge that ahead of the 7.3 release.

-Toke