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authorMordechay Goodstein <mordechay.goodstein@intel.com>2021-11-10 16:01:59 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2021-12-08 11:04:42 +0300
commit075d9c1497f2b5c4f0f4568fac2d1b82be866e3e (patch)
tree877729797346ac91bfef9e17926600483c46e919 /drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm
parentc649d47801df4c89c43125c8cf0a2ffdf2e7bbc1 (diff)
downloadlinux-075d9c1497f2b5c4f0f4568fac2d1b82be866e3e.tar.xz
iwlwifi: mvm: retry init flow if failed
commit 5283dd677e52af9db6fe6ad11b2f12220d519d0c upstream. In some very rare cases the init flow may fail. In many cases, this is recoverable, so we can retry. Implement a loop to retry two more times after the first attempt failed. This can happen in two different situations, namely during probe and during mac80211 start. For the first case, a simple loop is enough. For the second case, we need to add a flag to prevent mac80211 from trying to restart it as well, leaving full control with the driver. Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Mordechay Goodstein <mordechay.goodstein@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/iwlwifi.20211110150132.57514296ecab.I52a0411774b700bdc7dedb124d8b59bf99456eb2@changeid Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c24
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h3
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c3
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
index 3a4585222d6d..7e5ad943b20c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <net/ieee80211_radiotap.h>
#include <net/tcp.h>
+#include "iwl-drv.h"
#include "iwl-op-mode.h"
#include "iwl-io.h"
#include "mvm.h"
@@ -1116,9 +1117,30 @@ static int iwl_mvm_mac_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
{
struct iwl_mvm *mvm = IWL_MAC80211_GET_MVM(hw);
int ret;
+ int retry, max_retry = 0;
mutex_lock(&mvm->mutex);
- ret = __iwl_mvm_mac_start(mvm);
+
+ /* we are starting the mac not in error flow, and restart is enabled */
+ if (!test_bit(IWL_MVM_STATUS_HW_RESTART_REQUESTED, &mvm->status) &&
+ iwlwifi_mod_params.fw_restart) {
+ max_retry = IWL_MAX_INIT_RETRY;
+ /*
+ * This will prevent mac80211 recovery flows to trigger during
+ * init failures
+ */
+ set_bit(IWL_MVM_STATUS_STARTING, &mvm->status);
+ }
+
+ for (retry = 0; retry <= max_retry; retry++) {
+ ret = __iwl_mvm_mac_start(mvm);
+ if (!ret)
+ break;
+
+ IWL_ERR(mvm, "mac start retry %d\n", retry);
+ }
+ clear_bit(IWL_MVM_STATUS_STARTING, &mvm->status);
+
mutex_unlock(&mvm->mutex);
return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h
index f877d86b038e..46af8dd2dc93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h
@@ -1121,6 +1121,8 @@ struct iwl_mvm {
* @IWL_MVM_STATUS_FIRMWARE_RUNNING: firmware is running
* @IWL_MVM_STATUS_NEED_FLUSH_P2P: need to flush P2P bcast STA
* @IWL_MVM_STATUS_IN_D3: in D3 (or at least about to go into it)
+ * @IWL_MVM_STATUS_STARTING: starting mac,
+ * used to disable restart flow while in STARTING state
*/
enum iwl_mvm_status {
IWL_MVM_STATUS_HW_RFKILL,
@@ -1132,6 +1134,7 @@ enum iwl_mvm_status {
IWL_MVM_STATUS_FIRMWARE_RUNNING,
IWL_MVM_STATUS_NEED_FLUSH_P2P,
IWL_MVM_STATUS_IN_D3,
+ IWL_MVM_STATUS_STARTING,
};
/* Keep track of completed init configuration */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
index 77ea2d0a3091..359fa9337393 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
@@ -1424,6 +1424,9 @@ void iwl_mvm_nic_restart(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, bool fw_error)
*/
if (!mvm->fw_restart && fw_error) {
iwl_fw_error_collect(&mvm->fwrt, false);
+ } else if (test_bit(IWL_MVM_STATUS_STARTING,
+ &mvm->status)) {
+ IWL_ERR(mvm, "Starting mac, retry will be triggered anyway\n");
} else if (test_bit(IWL_MVM_STATUS_IN_HW_RESTART, &mvm->status)) {
struct iwl_mvm_reprobe *reprobe;