From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Taketo Kabe , Larry Finger , Kalle Valo Subject: [PATCH 4.18 151/168] b43: fix DMA error related regression with proprietary firmware Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 20:32:11 +0200 Message-Id: <20181008175625.778877427@linuxfoundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20181008175620.043587728@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20181008175620.043587728@linuxfoundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 4.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Larry Finger commit 2823c8716c687d6c7e261a3a02b3cab43809fe9c upstream. In commit 66cffd6daab7 ("b43: fix transmit failure when VT is switched"), a condition is noted where the network controller needs to be reset. Note that this situation happens when running the open-source firmware (http://netweb.ing.unibs.it/~openfwwf/), plus a number of other special conditions. for a different card model, it is reported that this change breaks operation running the proprietary firmware (https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=153504546924558&w=2). Rather than reverting the previous patch, the code is tweaked to avoid the reset unless the open-source firmware is being used. Fixes: 66cffd6daab7 ("b43: fix transmit failure when VT is switched") Cc: Stable # 4.18+ Cc: Taketo Kabe Reported-and-tested-by: D. Prabhu Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/dma.c @@ -1518,13 +1518,15 @@ void b43_dma_handle_txstatus(struct b43_ } } else { /* More than a single header/data pair were missed. - * Report this error, and reset the controller to + * Report this error. If running with open-source + * firmware, then reset the controller to * revive operation. */ b43dbg(dev->wl, "Out of order TX status report on DMA ring %d. Expected %d, but got %d\n", ring->index, firstused, slot); - b43_controller_restart(dev, "Out of order TX"); + if (dev->fw.opensource) + b43_controller_restart(dev, "Out of order TX"); return; } }