Re: [PATCH 1/2] wifi: ath11k: factory test mode support

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>]

Raj Kumar Bhagat <quic_rajkbhag@quicinc.com> writes:

> From: Govindaraj Saminathan <quic_gsaminat@quicinc.com>
>
> Add support to process factory test mode commands(FTM) for calibration.
> By default firmware start with NORMAL mode and to process the FTM commands
> firmware needs to be restarted in FTM mode using module parameter ftm_mode.
> The pre-request is all the radios should be down before starting the test.
>
> When start command ATH11K_TM_CMD_TESTMODE_START is received, ar state
> is set to Test Mode. If the FTM command or event length is greater
> than 256 bytes, it will be broken down into multiple segments and
> encoded with TLV header if it is segmented commands, else it is sent
> to firmware as it is.
>
> On receiving UTF event from firmware, if it is segmented event, the driver
> will wait until it receives all the segments and notify the complete
> data to user application. In case the segmented sequence are missed or
> lost from the firmware, driver will skip the already received partial data.
>
> In case of unsegmented UTF event from firmware, driver notifies the
> data to the user application as it comes. Applications handles
> the data further.
>
> Command to boot in ftm mode
> insmod ath11k ftm_mode=1
>
> Tested-on : IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.7.0.1-01744-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
>
> Signed-off-by: Govindaraj Saminathan <quic_gsaminat@quicinc.com>
> Co-developed-by: Sowmiya Sree Elavalagan <quic_ssreeela@quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sowmiya Sree Elavalagan <quic_ssreeela@quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Raj Kumar Bhagat <quic_rajkbhag@quicinc.com>

[...]

> -bool ath11k_tm_event_wmi(struct ath11k *ar, u32 cmd_id, struct sk_buff *skb)

Please do removal of this ath11k_tm_event_wmi() in a separate patch,
then it's easier to read this patch.

>  static int ath11k_tm_cmd_get_version(struct ath11k *ar, struct nlattr *tb[])
>  {
>  	struct sk_buff *skb;
> -	int ret;
>  
>  	ath11k_dbg(ar->ab, ATH11K_DBG_TESTMODE,
>  		   "testmode cmd get version_major %d version_minor %d\n",
> @@ -98,21 +205,50 @@ static int ath11k_tm_cmd_get_version(struct ath11k *ar, struct nlattr *tb[])
>  	if (!skb)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	ret = nla_put_u32(skb, ATH11K_TM_ATTR_VERSION_MAJOR,
> -			  ATH11K_TESTMODE_VERSION_MAJOR);
> -	if (ret) {
> +	if (nla_put_u32(skb, ATH11K_TM_ATTR_VERSION_MAJOR,
> +			ATH11K_TESTMODE_VERSION_MAJOR) ||
> +	    nla_put_u32(skb, ATH11K_TM_ATTR_VERSION_MINOR,
> +			ATH11K_TESTMODE_VERSION_MINOR)) {
>  		kfree_skb(skb);
> -		return ret;
> +		return -ENOBUFS;
>  	}
>  
> -	ret = nla_put_u32(skb, ATH11K_TM_ATTR_VERSION_MINOR,
> -			  ATH11K_TESTMODE_VERSION_MINOR);
> -	if (ret) {
> -		kfree_skb(skb);
> -		return ret;
> +	return cfg80211_testmode_reply(skb);
> +}

Please also do the changes in ath11k_tm_cmd_get_version() in a separate
patch.

> @@ -47,4 +49,21 @@ enum ath11k_tm_cmd {
>  	 * ATH11K_TM_ATTR_DATA.
>  	 */
>  	ATH11K_TM_CMD_WMI = 1,
> +
> +	/* Boots the UTF firmware, the netdev interface must be down at the
> +	 * time.
> +	 */
> +	ATH11K_TM_CMD_TESTMODE_START = 2,
> +
> +	/* Shuts down the UTF firmware and puts the driver back into OFF
> +	 * state.
> +	 */
> +	ATH11K_TM_CMD_TESTMODE_STOP = 3,

The documentation for for the STOP command is misleading, now ath11k
just ignores that command. So is there any point even to have the
command if it doesn't do anything?

> @@ -8096,6 +8128,12 @@ static void ath11k_wmi_tlv_op_rx(struct ath11k_base *ab, struct sk_buff *skb)
>  	case WMI_PDEV_CSA_SWITCH_COUNT_STATUS_EVENTID:
>  		ath11k_wmi_pdev_csa_switch_count_status_event(ab, skb);
>  		break;
> +	case WMI_PDEV_UTF_EVENTID:
> +		if (test_bit(ATH11K_FLAG_FTM_SEGMENTED, &ab->dev_flags))
> +			ath11k_wmi_tm_event_segmented(ab, id, skb);
> +		else
> +			ath11k_tm_wmi_event_unsegmented(ab, id, skb);
> +		break;

I didn't investigate this in detail, but I find the flag a bit
problematic as it alters the behaviour ATH11K_FLAG_FTM_SEGMENTED and the
behaviour difference it's not documented at all in enum ath11k_tm_cmd.

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