From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 748B93E9F93 for ; Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:51:29 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772301089; cv=none; b=f/uyqTvS8RErPHc/a5/7+olOzUoeQ4beFX5bDZOpotv4qKdT1Cy5KI2+tl33ps8XiLqil+2wgy/MX+1CsobvVTS0WO28owzEMaPNo1bzMM7NiCylK4HAcBQhVI4biKgHcCkjI8gGO/F7NK2alh8lSDy9+B2NOmcR+3AXdPfqZNQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772301089; c=relaxed/simple; bh=CgdJkVn+mWXtfvFOcJ9EKUqPHf17hvlYvkTrqvxh6AI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=bHXIMqRDf6D7geQ15iOfh+KvvSiNG/kKyEUZ0SvLliTYtS6S8v44TOMe78YkBwXgaWHKIkWBHMKw0UmvNNjEEVeoVKmFdi+UlkxwOyuXC8zKoOrnjXaE5TKHu1xHrMdh8dAB8YTS33UXj6jjm5xiqbSjx96ZRDuQ0yN5HuNCw1Q= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=PdyfyFAm; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="PdyfyFAm" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BED4FC19423; Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:51:28 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1772301089; bh=CgdJkVn+mWXtfvFOcJ9EKUqPHf17hvlYvkTrqvxh6AI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=PdyfyFAm/Vwc/Iqj1Vo1f5ld9IkvA07YgkIP9cRqTGkk7nya/o4bF0MX7kqAPpMeU 2xEEgI+AhA2NACAtps20xo4rK2XRuY214nSYvG0sgrpPHI1cTm9LorDsejnG1oXyu1 A/veame6FJCgtTmQlpYdcoyoltwuK5rK/Co/rfUU/I9bVylVBFEewcxr4oEvm6XyV8 VRi/YfaRIDZuaJJNCBMkbC/55s/s/DURNnPN3fMnkkUTDDmrsIs/Vk9EegPaLJbQl6 kYeZWXiQQ9qqZf+42OiE7KrjBu80cXWZkWNzSrsyo3Q/lGoPIa47Uu+QSiWGv3NDBV SUiP+nw4qrSjw== From: Sasha Levin To: patches@lists.linux.dev Cc: Qian Zhang , Baochen Qiang , Jeff Johnson , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 6.18 239/752] wifi: ath11k: Fix failure to connect to a 6 GHz AP Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:39:10 -0500 Message-ID: <20260228174750.1542406-239-sashal@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.51.0 In-Reply-To: <20260228174750.1542406-1-sashal@kernel.org> References: <20260228174750.1542406-1-sashal@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: patches@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: Ignore Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Qian Zhang [ Upstream commit 0bc8c48de6f06c0cac52dde024ffda4433de6234 ] STA fails to connect to a 6 GHz AP with the following errors: ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to handle chan list with power type 1 wlp1s0: deauthenticating from c8:a3:e8:dd:41:e3 by local choice (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING) ath11k_reg_handle_chan_list() treats the update as redundant and returns -EINVAL. That causes the connection attempt to fail. Avoid unnecessary validation during association. Apply the regulatory redundant check only when the power type is IEEE80211_REG_UNSET_AP, which only occurs during core initialization. Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.1 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.41 Signed-off-by: Qian Zhang Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260108034607.812885-1-qian.zhang@oss.qualcomm.com Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.c index d62a2014315a0..49b79648752cf 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.c @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause-Clear /* * Copyright (c) 2018-2019 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved. - * Copyright (c) 2021-2025 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved. + * Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. */ #include @@ -926,8 +926,11 @@ int ath11k_reg_handle_chan_list(struct ath11k_base *ab, */ if (ab->default_regd[pdev_idx] && !ab->new_regd[pdev_idx] && !memcmp((char *)ab->default_regd[pdev_idx]->alpha2, - (char *)reg_info->alpha2, 2)) - goto retfail; + (char *)reg_info->alpha2, 2) && + power_type == IEEE80211_REG_UNSET_AP) { + ath11k_reg_reset_info(reg_info); + return 0; + } /* Intersect new rules with default regd if a new country setting was * requested, i.e a default regd was already set during initialization -- 2.51.0