From: "Nerijus Bendžiūnas" <nerijus.bendziunas@gmail.com>
To: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@toke.dk>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"John W . Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>,
Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de>,
Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>,
Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH ath-next v4 5/8] wifi: ath9k: clear the PHY error filter when a spectral scan is disabled
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:34:26 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916173429.403889-6-nerijus.bendziunas@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260916173429.403889-1-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.
ath9k_htc carries the hardware bits into every later filter update, so
an idle device keeps forwarding every PHY error as a zero-length frame.
Clear all three when the scan is disabled, unless radar detection is
enabled and needs the same bits. AR_RXCFG_ZLFDMA must go too, or the
frames keep coming.
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 | 5 ++++
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c
index 73c1eb4ebe0e..24000d5b2a6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common-spectral.c
@@ -776,6 +776,11 @@ 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);
+
+ 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 7cafd6c5870f..b8f3a8afaeb3 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);
+/**
+ * ath9k_hw_disable_rxfilter() - clear RX filter bits without a driver-side read
+ * @ah: the atheros hardware data structure
+ * @bits: ATH9K_RX_FILTER_* bits to clear
+ */
+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:[~2026-09-16 17:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-16 17:34 [PATCH ath-next v4 0/8] wifi: ath9k: fix register access and spectral scan filter handling on ath9k_htc Nerijus Bendžiūnas
2026-09-16 17:34 ` [PATCH ath-next v4 1/8] wifi: ath9k: return an error from a failed multi-register read Nerijus Bendžiūnas
2026-09-16 17:34 ` [PATCH ath-next v4 2/8] wifi: ath9k_htc: fix the byte count of a full RMW buffer flush Nerijus Bendžiūnas
2026-09-16 17:34 ` [PATCH ath-next v4 3/8] wifi: ath9k_htc: refuse a command that fills whole USB packets Nerijus Bendžiūnas
2026-09-16 17:34 ` [PATCH ath-next v4 4/8] wifi: ath9k: stop a failed register read from opening the RX filter Nerijus Bendžiūnas
2026-09-16 17:34 ` Nerijus Bendžiūnas [this message]
2026-09-16 17:34 ` [PATCH ath-next v4 6/8] wifi: ath9k: count spectral samples in the driver's own RX stats Nerijus Bendžiūnas
2026-09-16 17:34 ` [PATCH ath-next v4 7/8] wifi: ath9k_htc: pass CRC-tagged spectral samples to the FFT parser Nerijus Bendžiūnas
2026-09-16 17:34 ` [PATCH ath-next v4 8/8] wifi: ath9k_htc: derive the PHY error filter bits from software state Nerijus Bendžiūnas
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