kernel/linux.git/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k, branch linux-7.0.y

wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure

2026-03-18T08:09:58+00:00

ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() has three error paths, but only two of them free the skb. The first error path (ieee80211_tx_prepare() returning TX_DROP) does not free it, while invoke_tx_handlers() failure and the fragmentation check both do. Add kfree_skb() to the first error path so all three are consistent, and remove the now-redundant frees in callers (ath9k, mt76, mac80211_hwsim) to avoid double-free. Document the skb ownership guarantee in the function's kdoc. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260314065455.2462900-1-nbd@nbd.name Fixes: 06be6b149f7e ("mac80211: add ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() helper function") Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

net: remove unnecessary module_init/exit functions

2026-02-03T01:25:23+00:00

Many network drivers have unnecessary empty module_init and module_exit functions. Remove them (including some that just print a message). Note that if a module_init function exists, a module_exit function must also exist; otherwise, the module cannot be unloaded. Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore Acked-by: Marc Kleine-Budde Acked-by: Michael Grzeschik Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260131004327.18112-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

wifi: ath9k: add OF dependency to AHB

2026-01-16T01:19:35+00:00

The conversion to OF missed adding a Kconfig dependency. Fixes: 2fa490c0d759 ("wifi: ath9k: ahb: replace id_table with of") Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250802000432.3079550-1-rosenp@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson

wifi: ath9k: fix kernel-doc warnings in common-debug.h

2026-01-16T01:19:35+00:00

Modify kernel-doc comments in common-debug.h to avoid warnings: Warning: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-debug.h:21 bad line: may have had errors. Warning: ../drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-debug.h:23 bad line: may have had errors. Warning: ../drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-debug.h:26 bad line: decryption process completed Warning: ../drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-debug.h:28 bad line: encountered an error Fixes: 99c15bf575b1 ("ath9k: Report total tx/rx bytes and packets in debugfs.") Fixes: 1395d3f00a41 ("ath9k: Add debugfs file for RX errors") Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117020251.447692-1-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson

wifi: ath9k: debug.h: fix kernel-doc bad lines and struct ath_tx_stats

2026-01-16T01:19:35+00:00

Repair "bad line" warnings by starting each line with " *". Add or correct kernel-doc entries for missing struct members in struct ath_tx_stats. Warning: ../drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.h:144 bad line: may have had errors. Warning: ../drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.h:146 bad line: may have had errors. Warning: ../drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.h:156 bad line: Valid only for: Warning: ../drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.h:157 bad line: - non-aggregate condition. Warning: ../drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.h:158 bad line: - first packet of aggregate. Warning: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.h:191 struct member 'xretries' not described in 'ath_tx_stats' Warning: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.h:191 struct member 'data_underrun' not described in 'ath_tx_stats' Warning: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.h:191 struct member 'delim_underrun' not described in 'ath_tx_stats' Fixes: 99c15bf575b1 ("ath9k: Report total tx/rx bytes and packets in debugfs.") Fixes: fec247c0d5bf ("ath9k: Add debug counters for TX") Fixes: 5a6f78afdabe ("ath9k: show excessive-retry MPDUs in debugfs") Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117020304.448687-1-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson

wifi: ath9k: ahb: replace id_table with of

2025-06-26T23:10:44+00:00

Since 2b0996c7646 , all of this platform code became no-op with no OF replacement. Not only that, there are no users of AHB here. Add an OF match table that mostly mirrors the original platform device id table. Use a qca prefix as is done for the only other property: qca,no-eeprom. Also used qca prefix for ar9530 as the latter seems to be a mistake. This will be used to add ath9k support for the various ath79 devices here. Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250609030851.17739-5-rosenp@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson

wifi: ath9k: ahb: reorder includes

2025-06-26T23:10:44+00:00

Alphabetic includes are easier to look at and to make further changes to them. Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250609030851.17739-3-rosenp@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson

wifi: ath9k: ahb: reorder declarations

2025-06-26T23:10:43+00:00

Easier to look at. Follows netdev style. Also remove ret assignment. Because of all of these devm conversions, ret = 0 is a path that never gets hit. The first time it does it when request_irq fails, but that ends up reassigning it. Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250609030851.17739-2-rosenp@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson