[PATCH v2] Bluetooth: mgmt: reply to cancelled mgmt commands instead of silently dropping
From: Shuai Zhang
Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 02:02:13 EST
The kernel sets HCI_AUTO_OFF when a controller is first registered and
starts a 2-second timer. On slower boots bluetoothd and the HCI_AUTO_OFF
timer can race: hci_power_off() is already queued while bluetoothd is
still in the middle of its adapter setup sequence. hci_cmd_sync_clear()
then cancels any pending mgmt commands with -ECANCELED, including the
MGMT_OP_REMOVE_ADV_MONITOR sent by reset_adv_monitors() early in the
setup sequence.
When auto_off=1, hci_dev_close_sync() skips __mgmt_power_off() entirely,
so there is no fallback path to reply to the cancelled commands.
mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete() silently returns on -ECANCELED, leaving
the command with no reply. Since bluez's mgmt queue is strictly serialised,
this stalls all subsequent commands indefinitely, leaving bluetoothd unable
to register the adapter.
Fix by mapping -ECANCELED to MGMT_STATUS_CANCELLED in mgmt_errno_status()
and removing the early return in mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete(), so
bluetoothd receives a reply and can continue normally.
Signed-off-by: Shuai Zhang <shuai.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bluetooth/mgmt.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
index ac4864e56..c660bd3cd 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ static u8 mgmt_errno_status(int err)
return MGMT_STATUS_ALREADY_CONNECTED;
case -ENOTCONN:
return MGMT_STATUS_DISCONNECTED;
+ case -ECANCELED:
+ return MGMT_STATUS_CANCELLED;
}
return MGMT_STATUS_FAILED;
@@ -5675,9 +5677,6 @@ static void mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_complete(struct hci_dev *hdev,
struct mgmt_pending_cmd *cmd = data;
struct mgmt_cp_remove_adv_monitor *cp;
- if (status == -ECANCELED)
- return;
-
hci_dev_lock(hdev);
cp = cmd->param;
--
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