Re: [PATCH ath-next v2 1/2] wifi: ath12k: handle scan link during vdev create

[Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan]

On 4/11/2025 8:46 AM, Aditya Kumar Singh wrote:
> For scanning purposes, the driver can use link ID 15 (scan link). A future
> change will make non-ML interfaces to select the scan link. In this
> scenario, arvif->link_id will be used to retrieve the link configuration in
> ath12k_mac_vdev_create(). However, link ID 15 is not recognized as a valid
> link ID in the upper kernel, which will result in a failure to fetch
> link_conf and subsequently cause the scan to fail.
>
> To avoid this issue, ensure link_conf is fetched only when the link ID is
> within the valid range. Since link_conf cannot be retrieved using the scan
> link, use vif->addr as the Ethernet address for creating the scan vdev.
> This address will serve as the source address (address 2) in the probe
> request frames during scanning. Additionally, use the automatic Tx power
> value for the vdev. As this is a scan vdev, these values do not affect the
> scan functionality.
>
> Note that vif->addr will only be taken when a valid link_conf can not be
> fetched. Otherwise, link_conf's address will be taken as address 2.
>
> Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.4.1-00199-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Kumar Singh <aditya.kumar.singh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanthakumar.thiagarajan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>