From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: rtlwifi: fix broken VHT support
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 10:59:21 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160206105921.653D360537@smtp.codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1454353134-29939-1-git-send-email-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> When using a 5G-capable device with VHT (802.11ac) rates enabled was not
> working (packets were not delivered) and the following mac80211 warning
> was printed:
>
> WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 2253 at net/mac80211/rate.c:625 ieee80211_get_tx_rates+0x22e/0x620 [mac80211]()
> Modules linked in: rtl8821ae btcoexist rtl_pci rtlwifi fuse drbg ansi_cprng ctr ccm bnep bluetooth af_packet nfs fscache vboxpci(O) vboxnetadp(O) vboxne
> tflt(O) vboxdrv(O) arc4 snd_hda_codec_generic x86_pkg_temp_thermal rtsx_pci_sdmmc mmc_core rtsx_pci_ms kvm_intel memstick iwlmvm kvm mac80211 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_cod
> ec snd_hwdep snd_hda_core irqbypass snd_pcm iwlwifi crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel aes_x86_64 snd_timer lrw gf128mul glue_h
> elper ablk_helper cryptd snd cfg80211 pcspkr serio_raw e1000e rtsx_pci lpc_ich ptp xhci_pci mfd_core pps_core xhci_hcd soundcore toshiba_acpi thermal sparse_keymap wmi
> toshiba_bluetooth rfkill acpi_cpufreq battery ac processor dm_mod i915 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops
> drm sr_mod cdrom video button sg autofs4 [last unloaded: rtlwifi]
> CPU: 3 PID: 2253 Comm: Timer Tainted: G W O 4.5.0-rc1-wl+ #79
> Hardware name: TOSHIBA TECRA A50-A/TECRA A50-A, BIOS Version 4.20 04/17/2014
> ffffffffa05c4be6 ffff8802262036d8 ffffffff813d7912 0000000000000000
> ffff880226203710 ffffffff8106bcb6 ffff8800c6831300 ffff8800c6831330
> 0000000000000000 ffff8800c683133c ffff880065923638 ffff880226203720
> Call Trace:
> <IRQ> [<ffffffff813d7912>] dump_stack+0x4b/0x79
> [<ffffffff8106bcb6>] warn_slowpath_common+0x86/0xc0
> [<ffffffff8106bdaa>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
> [<ffffffffa05511ee>] ieee80211_get_tx_rates+0x22e/0x620 [mac80211]
> [<ffffffffa0782232>] ? rtl_is_special_data+0x32/0x240 [rtlwifi]
> [<ffffffffa055209e>] ? rate_control_get_rate+0xce/0x150 [mac80211]
> [<ffffffff810bfc7d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10
> [<ffffffff81071cc5>] ? __local_bh_enable_ip+0x65/0xd0
> --- traceback terminated here ---
>
> The problem is that IEEE80211_TX_RC_VHT_MCS is not set in the rate flags.
>
> Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Tested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Thanks, applied to wireless-drivers.git.
Kalle Valo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-06 10:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-01 18:58 [PATCH] rtlwifi: Fix warning from ieee80211_get_tx_rates() when using 5G Larry Finger
2016-02-02 8:15 ` Kalle Valo
2016-02-02 15:36 ` Larry Finger
2016-02-06 10:59 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
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2016-02-08 18:22 rtlwifi: fix broken VHT support Dan Carpenter
2016-02-08 19:52 ` Larry Finger
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