* [PATCH] wifi: ath11k: fix chain-mask shift on 64-bit big-endian
@ 2026-09-17 7:19 Michael Pfeifroth
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From: Michael Pfeifroth @ 2026-09-17 7:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Johnson, Kalle Valo
Cc: Baochen Qiang, ath11k, linux-wireless, linux-kernel
ath11k_pull_mac_phy_cap_svc_ready_ext() derives the tx/rx chain-mask shift
with find_first_bit((unsigned long *)&pdev_cap->rx_chain_mask, 32).
pdev_cap->{tx,rx}_chain_mask are u32, but find_first_bit() treats the
pointer as an array of unsigned long. On 64-bit big-endian, unsigned long
is 8 bytes, so the u32 value ends up in the high 32 bits of the word while
find_first_bit(..., 32) only scans the low 32 bits, i.e. the adjacent
struct member. rx_chain_mask_shift is therefore computed as 32,
ath11k_mac_setup_ht_vht_cap() evaluates cfg_rx_chainmask >> 32 == 0, and
the driver advertises a VHT RX-MCS map with all streams "not supported".
mac80211 then rejects the VHT capability ("Ignoring VHT IE ... due to
invalid rx_mcs_map"), so the link only comes up as HT40 and never
negotiates 80/160 MHz. tx_chain_mask_shift happens to scan a zero word and
stays 0, so only the RX side is affected.
Use __ffs() on the mask value instead of pointing find_first_bit() at the
u32's storage. __ffs() takes its argument by value, so the shift is
computed correctly regardless of word size or endianness. The chain masks
are always non-zero here, so __ffs() is well defined.
This is the ath11k counterpart of the same fix for ath12k.
Fixes: d5c65159f289 ("ath11k: driver for Qualcomm IEEE 802.11ax devices")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michael Pfeifroth <micpf@westermo.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c
@@ -444,10 +444,8 @@ ath11k_pull_mac_phy_cap_svc_ready_ext(struct ath11k_pdev_wmi *wmi_handle,
* for tx/rx chainmask which will be used to advertise supported ht/vht rates to
* mac80211.
*/
- pdev_cap->tx_chain_mask_shift =
- find_first_bit((unsigned long *)&pdev_cap->tx_chain_mask, 32);
- pdev_cap->rx_chain_mask_shift =
- find_first_bit((unsigned long *)&pdev_cap->rx_chain_mask, 32);
+ pdev_cap->tx_chain_mask_shift = __ffs(pdev_cap->tx_chain_mask);
+ pdev_cap->rx_chain_mask_shift = __ffs(pdev_cap->rx_chain_mask);
if (mac_phy_caps->supported_bands & WMI_HOST_WLAN_2G_CAP) {
cap_band = &pdev_cap->band[NL80211_BAND_2GHZ];
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