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 2/2] wifi: ath9k: clear the PHY error filter when a spectral scan is disabled
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:46:53 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911014653.1566388-3-nerijus.bendziunas@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260911014653.1566388-1-nerijus.bendziunas@gmail.com>
Triggering a spectral scan sets the PHY error bits in AR_RX_FILTER and
AR_PHY_ERR and sets AR_RXCFG_ZLFDMA. Disabling it clears none of them,
and ath9k_htc carries the hardware bits into every later filter update.
An idle AR9271 in monitor mode then keeps forwarding every PHY error
as a zero-length frame.
Clear all three on SPECTRAL_DISABLED unless radar detection is enabled,
which needs the same bits. AR_RXCFG_ZLFDMA must go too: with it set the
frames keep coming after the PHY error mask is cleared. As with the
enable path, firmware older than 1.4 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 | 6 +++++
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c
index 73c1eb4ebe0e..841075d904f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c
@@ -776,6 +776,12 @@ int ath9k_cmn_spectral_scan_config(struct ath_common *common,
ath_ps_ops(common)->wakeup(common);
ath9k_hw_ops(ah)->spectral_scan_config(ah, &spec_priv->spec_config);
+
+ /* Radar detection needs the same bits. */
+ if (spectral_mode == SPECTRAL_DISABLED &&
+ !common->hw->conf.radar_enabled)
+ ath9k_hw_disable_rxfilter(ah, ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PHYRADAR |
+ ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PHYERR);
ath_ps_ops(common)->restore(common);
spec_priv->spectral_mode = spectral_mode;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
index d62b6ff00d41..6f86a8967548 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
@@ -2928,6 +2928,29 @@ void ath9k_hw_enable_rxfilter(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 bits)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath9k_hw_enable_rxfilter);
+/*
+ * Counterpart of ath9k_hw_enable_rxfilter(). AR_RXCFG_ZLFDMA goes with the
+ * PHY error mask or the frames keep coming; callers clear all the PHY error
+ * bits together, as checking for a remaining one would need a read.
+ */
+void ath9k_hw_disable_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_CLR_BIT(ah, AR_RX_FILTER, bits);
+
+ if (phybits) {
+ REG_CLR_BIT(ah, AR_PHY_ERR, phybits);
+ REG_CLR_BIT(ah, AR_RXCFG, AR_RXCFG_ZLFDMA);
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath9k_hw_disable_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 f102f73a0114..983146208f26 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
@@ -1056,6 +1056,7 @@ void ath9k_hw_get_channel_centers(struct ath_hw *ah,
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);
+void ath9k_hw_disable_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 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] wifi: ath9k: stop a failed register read from opening the RX filter Nerijus Bendžiūnas
2026-09-11 17:06 ` Jeff Johnson
2026-09-14 2:25 ` Nerijus Bendžiūnas
2026-09-11 1:46 ` Nerijus Bendžiūnas [this message]
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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