From: "Nerijus Bendžiūnas" <nerijus.bendziunas@gmail.com>
To: toke@toke.dk
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] wifi: ath9k: stop a failed register read from opening the RX filter
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:46:52 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911014653.1566388-2-nerijus.bendziunas@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260911014653.1566388-1-nerijus.bendziunas@gmail.com>
On USB a register read is a WMI round trip and a timeout returns -1.
The spectral trigger reads AR_RX_FILTER back, ORs in the PHY error
bits and writes it, so a timed-out read stores 0xffffffff and the
device forwards every frame and PHY error to the host.
Add ath9k_hw_enable_rxfilter(), which sets the requested bits with
REG_SET_BIT() and reads nothing back, and use it in the trigger. With
firmware 1.4 and later the read-modify-write is done by the firmware;
older firmware still reads from the host.
Fixes: e93d083f42a1 ("ath9k: add spectral scan feature")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Nerijus Bendžiūnas <nerijus.bendziunas@gmail.com>
---
.../net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c | 7 ++----
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c
index ca01a07f6630..73c1eb4ebe0e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c
@@ -716,7 +716,6 @@ void ath9k_cmn_spectral_scan_trigger(struct ath_common *common,
struct ath_spec_scan_priv *spec_priv)
{
struct ath_hw *ah = spec_priv->ah;
- u32 rxfilter;
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ATH9K_TX99))
return;
@@ -730,10 +729,8 @@ void ath9k_cmn_spectral_scan_trigger(struct ath_common *common,
return;
ath_ps_ops(common)->wakeup(common);
- rxfilter = ath9k_hw_getrxfilter(ah);
- ath9k_hw_setrxfilter(ah, rxfilter |
- ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PHYRADAR |
- ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PHYERR);
+ ath9k_hw_enable_rxfilter(ah, ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PHYRADAR |
+ ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PHYERR);
/* TODO: usually this should not be necessary, but for some reason
* (or in some mode?) the trigger must be called after the
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
index e08ab73fcacb..d62b6ff00d41 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
@@ -2905,6 +2905,29 @@ void ath9k_hw_setrxfilter(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 bits)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath9k_hw_setrxfilter);
+/*
+ * Set bits in the RX filter without reading it back: on USB a failed read
+ * returns all ones, and writing that back would open every filter bit.
+ */
+void ath9k_hw_enable_rxfilter(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 bits)
+{
+ u32 phybits = 0;
+
+ if (bits & ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PHYRADAR)
+ phybits |= AR_PHY_ERR_RADAR;
+ if (bits & ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PHYERR)
+ phybits |= AR_PHY_ERR_OFDM_TIMING | AR_PHY_ERR_CCK_TIMING;
+
+ REG_SET_BIT(ah, AR_RX_FILTER, bits);
+
+ if (phybits) {
+ REG_SET_BIT(ah, AR_PHY_ERR, phybits);
+ /* PHY errors are reported in zero length frames. */
+ REG_SET_BIT(ah, AR_RXCFG, AR_RXCFG_ZLFDMA);
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath9k_hw_enable_rxfilter);
+
bool ath9k_hw_phy_disable(struct ath_hw *ah)
{
if (ath9k_hw_mci_is_enabled(ah))
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
index b942b8303d8f..f102f73a0114 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
@@ -1055,6 +1055,7 @@ void ath9k_hw_get_channel_centers(struct ath_hw *ah,
struct chan_centers *centers);
u32 ath9k_hw_getrxfilter(struct ath_hw *ah);
void ath9k_hw_setrxfilter(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 bits);
+void ath9k_hw_enable_rxfilter(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 bits);
bool ath9k_hw_phy_disable(struct ath_hw *ah);
bool ath9k_hw_disable(struct ath_hw *ah);
void ath9k_hw_set_txpowerlimit(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 limit, bool test);
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-11 1:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-11 1:46 [PATCH v3 0/2] wifi: ath9k: fix the RX filter handling around spectral scans Nerijus Bendžiūnas
2026-09-11 1:46 ` Nerijus Bendžiūnas [this message]
2026-09-11 17:06 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] wifi: ath9k: stop a failed register read from opening the RX filter Jeff Johnson
2026-09-14 2:25 ` Nerijus Bendžiūnas
2026-09-11 1:46 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] wifi: ath9k: clear the PHY error filter when a spectral scan is disabled Nerijus Bendžiūnas
2026-09-11 10:28 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] wifi: ath9k: fix the RX filter handling around spectral scans Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
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