Re: [PATCH RESEND] wifi: ath12k: fix channel list copy on big endian

[Alexander Wilhelm <alexander.wilhelm@westermo.com>]

On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 04:27:44PM +0800, Baochen Qiang wrote:
> 
> 
> On 6/29/2026 3:46 PM, Alexander Wilhelm wrote:
> > The ath12k_wmi_scan_req_arg structure defines the channel list in
> > CPU-native order, while wmi_start_scan_cmd expects the values in
> > little-endian format. The simple memcpy causes the hardware scan to fail on
> > big-endian architectures. Set __le32* type for the tmp_ptr and swap channel
> > values to support both architectures correctly.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Wilhelm <alexander.wilhelm@westermo.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c | 8 +++++---
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c
> > index 65a05a9520ff..9e1d3c662852 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c
> > @@ -2571,7 +2571,8 @@ int ath12k_wmi_send_scan_start_cmd(struct ath12k *ar,
> >  	struct wmi_tlv *tlv;
> >  	void *ptr;
> >  	int i, ret, len;
> > -	u32 *tmp_ptr, extraie_len_with_pad = 0;
> > +	__le32 *tmp_ptr;
> > +	u32 extraie_len_with_pad = 0;
> >  	struct ath12k_wmi_hint_short_ssid_arg *s_ssid = NULL;
> >  	struct ath12k_wmi_hint_bssid_arg *hint_bssid = NULL;
> >  
> > @@ -2656,9 +2657,10 @@ int ath12k_wmi_send_scan_start_cmd(struct ath12k *ar,
> >  	tlv = ptr;
> >  	tlv->header = ath12k_wmi_tlv_hdr(WMI_TAG_ARRAY_UINT32, len);
> >  	ptr += TLV_HDR_SIZE;
> > -	tmp_ptr = (u32 *)ptr;
> > +	tmp_ptr = (__le32 *)ptr;
> >  
> > -	memcpy(tmp_ptr, arg->chan_list, arg->num_chan * 4);
> > +	for (i = 0; i < arg->num_chan; i++)
> > +		tmp_ptr[i] = cpu_to_le32(arg->chan_list[i]);
> >  
> >  	ptr += len;
> >  
> > 
> 
> seems hint_s_ssid and hint_bssid at the last also need the endian conversion?

Okay, I will investigate this further.


Best regards
Alexander Wilhelm