[PATCH] Bluetooth: MGMT: Return RFKILLED for Set Powered on a blocked controller
From: Tobias Wilken
Date: Wed Oct 21 2026 - 02:59:12 EST
Since MGMT_OP_SET_POWERED runs through hci_cmd_sync, powering on a
controller that is blocked by rfkill fails with -ERFKILL from
hci_dev_open_sync(), and mgmt_set_powered_complete() reports it with
mgmt_status(err). mgmt_errno_status() has no case for -ERFKILL, so
userspace gets MGMT_STATUS_FAILED instead of MGMT_STATUS_RFKILLED.
Before that conversion, power on went through hci_power_on(), whose
error path mgmt_set_powered_failed() still maps -ERFKILL to
MGMT_STATUS_RFKILLED. bluetoothd relies on that status: for
RFKILLED it sets the adapter PowerState to "off-blocked" and returns
org.bluez.Error.Blocked for the Powered property, for any other status
it returns org.bluez.Error.Failed.
With the controller soft blocked, "bluetoothctl power on" printed
"Failed to set power on: org.bluez.Error.Failed" and btmon showed
"Set Powered (0x0005) Status: Failed (0x03)". With this change it
prints org.bluez.Error.Blocked and btmon shows "Status: RFKilled
(0x12)".
Map -ERFKILL to MGMT_STATUS_RFKILLED in mgmt_errno_status().
Fixes: cf75ad8b41d2 ("Bluetooth: hci_sync: Convert MGMT_SET_POWERED")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Tobias Wilken <tooangel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Notes:
Tested on Debian's 7.2.9 kernel with a soft blocked MediaTek MT7922
(btusb) and on bluetooth-next in test-runner. mgmt-tester passes
515/515 with this patch; the new test "Set powered on - Blocked by
rfkill" fails without it (Failed (0x03) instead of RFKilled (0x12)).
The test is sent to BlueZ separately as "mgmt-tester: Add Set Powered
test for rfkill block".
Not tested with a hard (hardware) rfkill block.
This is my first kernel patch, so I'm happy about any feedback, also
on whether it fits the conventions here.
net/bluetooth/mgmt.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
index 3b9c82bd2f0..0f93e9e2728 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ static u8 mgmt_errno_status(int err)
return MGMT_STATUS_DISCONNECTED;
case -ECANCELED:
return MGMT_STATUS_CANCELLED;
+ case -ERFKILL:
+ return MGMT_STATUS_RFKILLED;
}
return MGMT_STATUS_FAILED;
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