[PATCH ath-next v4 5/8] wifi: ath9k: clear the PHY error filter when a spectral scan is disabled

From: Nerijus Bendžiūnas

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 15:08:43 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Nerijus Bendžiūnas <nerijus.bendziunas@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../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