Re: [PATCH ath-next v2 2/2] wifi: ath11k: disable interrupts during firmware crash recovery

[Baochen Qiang]

On 9/11/2026 3:53 PM, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> On 27.07.2026 00:19, Julius Bairaktaris wrote:
>> On IPQ8074 a firmware assert reboots the SoC:
>>
>>   Unable to handle kernel read from unreadable memory at virtual address 0
>>   pc : ath11k_hal_srng_access_begin+0xc/0x60 [ath11k]
>>   lr : ath11k_dp_rx_process_mon_status+0x15c/0xd84 [ath11k]
>>   Call trace:
>>    ath11k_hal_srng_access_begin+0xc/0x60 [ath11k]
>>    ath11k_dp_rx_process_mon_rings+0xa0/0x5d4 [ath11k]
>>    ath11k_dp_service_srng+0x1f4/0x348 [ath11k]
>>    ath11k_ahb_ext_grp_napi_poll+0x34/0xd4 [ath11k_ahb]
>>    __napi_poll+0x38/0x188
>>    net_rx_action+0x120/0x2c0
>>
>> ath11k_core_reconfigure_on_crash() tears the data path down with
>> ath11k_dp_pdev_free(), ath11k_dp_free() and ath11k_hal_srng_clear(),
>> which memsets the ring list. The DP NAPI is still running while that
>> happens, so it services a ring whose address pointer has just been
>> cleared.
>>
>> That function used to disable the interrupts first, until
>> commit d455e805de70 ("wifi: ath11k: rearrange IRQ enable/disable in reset path")
>> moved the disable into ath11k_core_reset(). reset_work is only queued
>> from mhi.c and from the debugfs hw-restart handler, so AHB parts never
>> run it on a real firmware crash. Their recovery goes QMI server exit ->
>> restart_work -> ath11k_core_reconfigure_on_crash() ->
>> ath11k_core_qmi_firmware_ready(), and nothing disables the interrupts
>> anywhere along it.
>>
>> Disable them again on the crash path. The reset path has already done
>> so by the time it gets here, hence the ab->is_reset check.
>>
>> This is also why the debugfs hw-restart trigger never showed the
>> problem: it goes through ath11k_core_reset(), the one path that still
>> had the disable.
>>
>> Tested-on: IPQ8074 hw2.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.12-01460-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
>>
>> Fixes: d455e805de70 ("wifi: ath11k: rearrange IRQ enable/disable in reset path")
>> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
>> Signed-off-by: Julius Bairaktaris <julius@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> This patch landed recently in linux-next as commit f7a74e131d3f ("wifi: ath11k:
> disable interrupts during firmware crash recovery"). In my tests I found that it
> causes a regression on QCOM RB5 board during system suspend/resume cycle
> (s2idle):

Hi @Marek, can you please try if below diff can fix this regression? Also, @Julis, can you
please also confirm if it can address your original issue as well?

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
index d2ed6a0ea7e3..1ad0a47653de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c
@@ -1275,9 +1275,6 @@ int ath11k_core_suspend_late(struct ath11k_base *ab)
 	if (ab->actual_pm_policy == ATH11K_PM_WOW)
 		return 0;

-	ath11k_hif_irq_disable(ab);
-	ath11k_hif_ce_irq_disable(ab);
-
 	ath11k_hif_power_down(ab, true);

 	return 0;
@@ -2333,17 +2330,9 @@ static int ath11k_core_reconfigure_on_crash(struct ath11k_base *ab)
 	int ret;

 	mutex_lock(&ab->core_lock);
+	ath11k_hif_irq_disable(ab);
+	ath11k_hif_ce_irq_disable(ab);
 	ath11k_thermal_unregister(ab);
-
-	/*
-	 * ath11k_core_reset() already disabled the interrupts on the reset
-	 * path; only the firmware crash path reaches here with them live.
-	 */
-	if (!ab->is_reset) {
-		ath11k_hif_irq_disable(ab);
-		ath11k_hif_ce_irq_disable(ab);
-	}
-
 	ath11k_dp_pdev_free(ab);
 	ath11k_cfr_deinit(ab);
 	ath11k_spectral_deinit(ab);
@@ -2605,9 +2594,6 @@ static void ath11k_core_reset(struct work_struct *work)
 	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ab->recovery_start,
 						ATH11K_RECOVER_START_TIMEOUT_HZ);

-	ath11k_hif_irq_disable(ab);
-	ath11k_hif_ce_irq_disable(ab);
-
 	ath11k_hif_power_down(ab, false);
 	ath11k_hif_power_up(ab);

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