Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.17 079/149] iwlwifi: mvm: Passively scan non PSC channels only when requested so

[Ben Greear]

I had to revert this patch in my 5.17+ kernel (with 5.18-ish iwlwifi patches backported)
to get the station to properly scan and connect to a vendor's AP.

I got zero response to my earlier email about that regression.

I think this is not something that should be added to stable builds at this time.

Thanks,
Ben

On 4/1/22 7:24 AM, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> [ Upstream commit 9966904e9472703a05861f343157cd78f47514fd ]
>
> Non PSC channels should generally be scanned based on information about
> collocated APs obtained during scan on legacy bands, and otherwise
> should not be scanned unless specifically requested so (as there are
> relatively many non PSC channels, scanning them passively is time consuming
> and interferes with regular data traffic).
>
> Thus, modify the scan logic to avoid passively scanning PSC channels
> if there is no information about collocated APs and the scan is not
> a passive scan.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/iwlwifi.20220204122220.457da4cc95eb.Ic98472bab5f5475f1e102547644caaae89ce4c4a@changeid
> Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c | 42 ++++++++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c
> index 4cd507cb412d..630cfb64c6b1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/scan.c
> @@ -1735,27 +1735,37 @@ iwl_mvm_umac_scan_fill_6g_chan_list(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
>   }
>   
>   /* TODO: this function can be merged with iwl_mvm_scan_umac_fill_ch_p_v6 */
> -static void
> -iwl_mvm_umac_scan_cfg_channels_v6_6g(struct iwl_mvm_scan_params *params,
> +static u32
> +iwl_mvm_umac_scan_cfg_channels_v6_6g(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
> +				     struct iwl_mvm_scan_params *params,
>   				     u32 n_channels,
>   				     struct iwl_scan_probe_params_v4 *pp,
>   				     struct iwl_scan_channel_params_v6 *cp,
>   				     enum nl80211_iftype vif_type)
>   {
> -	struct iwl_scan_channel_cfg_umac *channel_cfg = cp->channel_config;
>   	int i;
>   	struct cfg80211_scan_6ghz_params *scan_6ghz_params =
>   		params->scan_6ghz_params;
> +	u32 ch_cnt;
>   
> -	for (i = 0; i < params->n_channels; i++) {
> +	for (i = 0, ch_cnt = 0; i < params->n_channels; i++) {
>   		struct iwl_scan_channel_cfg_umac *cfg =
> -			&cp->channel_config[i];
> +			&cp->channel_config[ch_cnt];
>   
>   		u32 s_ssid_bitmap = 0, bssid_bitmap = 0, flags = 0;
>   		u8 j, k, s_max = 0, b_max = 0, n_used_bssid_entries;
>   		bool force_passive, found = false, allow_passive = true,
>   		     unsolicited_probe_on_chan = false, psc_no_listen = false;
>   
> +		/*
> +		 * Avoid performing passive scan on non PSC channels unless the
> +		 * scan is specifically a passive scan, i.e., no SSIDs
> +		 * configured in the scan command.
> +		 */
> +		if (!cfg80211_channel_is_psc(params->channels[i]) &&
> +		    !params->n_6ghz_params && params->n_ssids)
> +			continue;
> +
>   		cfg->v1.channel_num = params->channels[i]->hw_value;
>   		cfg->v2.band = 2;
>   		cfg->v2.iter_count = 1;
> @@ -1875,8 +1885,16 @@ iwl_mvm_umac_scan_cfg_channels_v6_6g(struct iwl_mvm_scan_params *params,
>   		else
>   			flags |= bssid_bitmap | (s_ssid_bitmap << 16);
>   
> -		channel_cfg[i].flags |= cpu_to_le32(flags);
> +		cfg->flags |= cpu_to_le32(flags);
> +		ch_cnt++;
>   	}
> +
> +	if (params->n_channels > ch_cnt)
> +		IWL_DEBUG_SCAN(mvm,
> +			       "6GHz: reducing number channels: (%u->%u)\n",
> +			       params->n_channels, ch_cnt);
> +
> +	return ch_cnt;
>   }
>   
>   static u8 iwl_mvm_scan_umac_chan_flags_v2(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
> @@ -2424,10 +2442,14 @@ static int iwl_mvm_scan_umac_v14_and_above(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
>   	if (ret)
>   		return ret;
>   
> -	iwl_mvm_umac_scan_cfg_channels_v6_6g(params,
> -					     params->n_channels,
> -					     pb, cp, vif->type);
> -	cp->count = params->n_channels;
> +	cp->count = iwl_mvm_umac_scan_cfg_channels_v6_6g(mvm, params,
> +							 params->n_channels,
> +							 pb, cp, vif->type);
> +	if (!cp->count) {
> +		mvm->scan_uid_status[uid] = 0;
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
>   	if (!params->n_ssids ||
>   	    (params->n_ssids == 1 && !params->ssids[0].ssid_len))
>   		cp->flags |= IWL_SCAN_CHANNEL_FLAG_6G_PSC_NO_FILTER;


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Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com