Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath12k: fix survey indexing across bands

[Rameshkumar Sundaram]

On 6/17/2026 3:48 PM, Matthew Leach wrote:
> When running 'iw dev wlan0 survey dump' the values for the channel busy
> time have the same sequence across bands. This is caused by indexing
> into the ath12k survey array using a band-local index rather than the
> global index passed by mac80211. This results in surveys for 5 GHz and 6
> GHz channels returning values from 2.4 GHz slots, making the survey
> unusable on those bands.
>
> Fix by indexing into ar->survey[] using the original index passed by
> mac80211.
>
> Band busy-times Before this fix:
>
> 2.4 GHz: 9, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 10, 16, 4, 12, 5
> 5 GHz:   9, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 10, 16, 4, 12, 5
> 6 GHz:   9, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 10, 16, 4, 12, 5
>
> After this fix, times are independent:
>
> 2.4 GHz: 23, 5,  5,  12, 2,   12,  26,  5,   3,  1,  27
> 5 GHz:   30, 40, 29, 27, 118, 118, 112, 120, 11, 11, 11
> 6 GHz:   1,  0,  0,  0,  0,   0,   0,   0,   0,  0,  1
>
> Tested-on: wcn7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.IOE_HMT.1.1-00018-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1
>
> Fixes: d889913205cf ("wifi: ath12k: driver for Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices")


The Fixes: tag is probably too broad,

4f242b1d6996 ("wifi: ath12k: support get_survey mac op for single 
wiphy") changed ath12k_mac_op_get_survey() for single-wiphy handling and 
moved survey lookup after band index adjustment.


> Signed-off-by: Matthew Leach <matthew.leach@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
> index 2cff9485c95a..9474d7e70823 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
> @@ -13351,6 +13351,7 @@ int ath12k_mac_op_get_survey(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, int idx,
>   	struct ath12k *ar;
>   	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
>   	struct survey_info *ar_survey;
> +	int survey_index = idx;
>   
>   	lockdep_assert_wiphy(hw->wiphy);
>   
> @@ -13385,7 +13386,7 @@ int ath12k_mac_op_get_survey(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, int idx,
>   		return -ENOENT;
>   	}
>   
> -	ar_survey = &ar->survey[idx];
> +	ar_survey = &ar->survey[survey_index];


There is an existing discussion on similar lines, see [1].

This could break survey dump on multi-radio/single-wiphy setups, for 
example split-radio QCN9274 configurations.

I would suggest to move the survey results from ar to ath12k_hw, since 
not all bands in ar->survey[] are effectively utilized for a multi‑radio 
wiphy. In that model, this patch's approach of preserving the original 
idx would make sense, and freq_to_idx() should also stop skipping bands 
based on ar->mac.sbands[] so that WMI population uses the same global index.

 -        if (!ar->mac.sbands[band].channels)
 -            continue;


[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/aYtRBg498h_aLPBK@pilgrim/

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Ramesh