[linux-next:master] [wifi] 4db13371e2: hwsim.ap_wds_sta_open.fail

[linux-next:master] [wifi] 4db13371e2: hwsim.ap_wds_sta_open.fail

[kernel test robot]

Hello,

kernel test robot noticed "hwsim.ap_wds_sta_open.fail" on:

commit: 4db13371e217c360cda76578f9eb5e1bcd10a17a ("wifi: mac80211: refactor RX link_id and station handling")
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master

[test failed on linux-next/master 6474fa070f2b8013b4b87350b775b8c3be6e8aac]

in testcase: hwsim
version: hwsim-x86_64-542b8fd43-1_20260927
with following parameters:

	test: group-14



config: x86_64-rhel-9.4-func
compiler: gcc-14
test machine: 8 threads 1 sockets Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz (Haswell) with 8G memory

(please refer to attached dmesg/kmsg for entire log/backtrace)


If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <yi1.lai@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202610081400.f503743b-lkp@intel.com

2026-09-29 15:51:57 ./run-tests.py ap_wds_sta_open
DEV: wlan0: 02:00:00:00:00:00
DEV: wlan1: 02:00:00:00:01:00
DEV: wlan2: 02:00:00:00:02:00
APDEV: wlan3
APDEV: wlan4
START ap_wds_sta_open 1/1
Test: Open AP with STA using 4addr mode
Starting AP wlan3
Connect STA wlan0 to AP
Exception during test execution: sending data without carrier won't work
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/lkp/benchmarks/hwsim/tests/hwsim/./run-tests.py", line 635, in main
    t(dev, apdev)
    ~^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/lkp/benchmarks/hwsim/tests/hwsim/test_ap_params.py", line 389, in test_ap_wds_sta_open
    hwsim_utils.test_connectivity_iface(dev[0], hapd, "wds-br0",
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                        max_tries=15)
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/lkp/benchmarks/hwsim/tests/hwsim/hwsim_utils.py", line 223, in test_connectivity_iface
    test_connectivity(dev1, dev2, dscp, tos, ifname2=ifname,
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                      max_tries=max_tries, timeout=timeout)
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/lkp/benchmarks/hwsim/tests/hwsim/hwsim_utils.py", line 217, in test_connectivity
    raise Exception(last_err)
Exception: sending data without carrier won't work
FAIL ap_wds_sta_open 14.718961 2026-09-29 15:52:12.064446


The kernel config and materials to reproduce are available at:
https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20261008/202610081400.f503743b-lkp@intel.com


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