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From: =?UTF-8?q?Rafa=C5=82=20Mi=C5=82ecki?= <zajec5@gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 00:07:59 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH] brcmfmac: workaround bug with some inconsistent BSSes state
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Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>
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---
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--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
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+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
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@@ -618,9 +618,37 @@ static struct wireless_dev *brcmf_cfg802
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 						     u32 *flags,
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 						     struct vif_params *params)
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 {
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+	struct net_device *dev;
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 	struct wireless_dev *wdev;
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 	int err;
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+	/*
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+	 * There is a bug with in-firmware BSS management. When adding virtual
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+	 * interface brcmfmac first tells firmware to create new BSS and then
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+	 * it creates new struct net_device.
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+	 *
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+	 * If creating/registering netdev(ice) fails, BSS remains in some bugged
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+	 * state. It conflicts with existing BSSes by overtaking their auth
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+	 * requests.
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+	 *
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+	 * It results in one BSS (addresss X) sending beacons and another BSS
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+	 * (address Y) replying to authentication requests. This makes interface
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+	 * unusable as AP.
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+	 *
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+	 * To workaround this bug we may try to guess if register_netdev(ice)
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+	 * will fail. The most obvious case is using interface name that already
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+	 * exists. This is actually quite likely with brcmfmac & some user space
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+	 * scripts as brcmfmac doesn't allow deleting virtual interfaces.
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+	 * So this bug can be triggered even by something trivial like:
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+	 * iw dev wlan0 delete
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+	 * iw phy phy0 interface add wlan0 type __ap
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+	 */
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+	dev = dev_get_by_name(&init_net, name);
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+	if (dev) {
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+		dev_put(dev);
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+		return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
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+	}
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+
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 	brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "enter: %s type %d\n", name, type);
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 	err = brcmf_vif_add_validate(wiphy_to_cfg(wiphy), type);
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 	if (err) {
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