[PATCH] wifi: ath9k: restore background spectral scan after reset
From: Nick Hainke
Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 15:55:51 EST
A reset leaves spectral_mode set to SPECTRAL_BACKGROUND, but resets the
spectral registers and receive filter. The driver therefore still reports
a background scan even though the hardware no longer produces FFT samples.
Re-trigger background spectral scanning after reset recovery so the
software and hardware state match again. Do not re-trigger spectral
scanning in disabled, manual, channel-scan, radar, or off-channel modes.
Assisted-by: Claude:opus-5
Signed-off-by: Nick Hainke <vincent@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index 740a6fc7b067..00e587fe6ee3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -231,6 +231,17 @@ static bool ath_prepare_reset(struct ath_softc *sc)
return ret;
}
+static void ath_restore_spectral_scan(struct ath_softc *sc, bool start)
+{
+ struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(sc->sc_ah);
+
+ if (!start || sc->cur_chan->offchannel || sc->hw->conf.radar_enabled ||
+ sc->spec_priv.spectral_mode != SPECTRAL_BACKGROUND)
+ return;
+
+ ath9k_cmn_spectral_scan_trigger(common, &sc->spec_priv);
+}
+
static bool ath_complete_reset(struct ath_softc *sc, bool start)
{
struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
@@ -269,6 +280,7 @@ static bool ath_complete_reset(struct ath_softc *sc, bool start)
ath_restart_work(sc);
ath_txq_schedule_all(sc);
}
+ ath_restore_spectral_scan(sc, start);
sc->gtt_cnt = 0;
--
2.55.0