[PATCH ath-next 2/3] wifi: ath12k: skip unknown direct buffer ring module IDs
From: Goran Sustek
Date: Fri Oct 30 2026 - 18:12:16 EST
Newer firmware may advertise direct buffer rings for modules the
driver does not know. QCN9274 firmware WLAN.WBE.1.6-01243 lists
module 2, and ath12k_wmi_dma_ring_caps() treats it as fatal:
ath12k_wifi7_pci 0000:06:00.0: Invalid module id 2
ath12k_wifi7_pci 0000:06:00.0: failed to parse tlv -22
It frees the capabilities stored so far and aborts the parse of the
rest of the service ready ext event. Initialisation continues only
because the service ready ext2 event completes it.
Skip unknown module IDs with a debug message instead; the driver only
sets up rings for the modules it implements. Store the accepted
entries contiguously and set num_db_cap to the number actually stored:
ath12k_wmi_alloc_dbring_caps() zero-fills the array, so a hole left at
the index of a skipped entry would read as a spectral ring with zero
sizes.
Tested as part of the series.
Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.6-01243-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
Signed-off-by: Goran Sustek <gsustek@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c
index d5160af60e00..4d4f8e9caf07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c
@@ -4938,8 +4938,8 @@ static int ath12k_wmi_dma_ring_caps(struct ath12k_base *ab,
struct ath12k_wmi_dma_ring_caps_parse *dma_caps_parse = data;
struct ath12k_wmi_dma_ring_caps_params *dma_caps;
struct ath12k_dbring_cap *dir_buff_caps;
+ u32 i, n = 0, module_id;
int ret;
- u32 i;
dma_caps_parse->n_dma_ring_caps = 0;
dma_caps = (struct ath12k_wmi_dma_ring_caps_params *)ptr;
@@ -4965,26 +4965,39 @@ static int ath12k_wmi_dma_ring_caps(struct ath12k_base *ab,
dir_buff_caps = ab->db_caps;
for (i = 0; i < dma_caps_parse->n_dma_ring_caps; i++) {
- if (le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].module_id) >= WMI_DIRECT_BUF_MAX) {
- ath12k_warn(ab, "Invalid module id %d\n",
- le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].module_id));
- ret = -EINVAL;
- goto free_dir_buff;
+ module_id = le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].module_id);
+
+ /* Newer firmware may advertise rings for modules this driver
+ * does not know yet. Skip them; the driver only sets up rings
+ * for the modules it implements.
+ */
+ if (module_id >= WMI_DIRECT_BUF_MAX) {
+ ath12k_dbg(ab, ATH12K_DBG_WMI,
+ "skipping dma ring caps of unknown module id %u\n",
+ module_id);
+ continue;
}
- dir_buff_caps[i].id = le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].module_id);
- dir_buff_caps[i].pdev_id =
+ dir_buff_caps[n].id = module_id;
+ dir_buff_caps[n].pdev_id =
DP_HW2SW_MACID(le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].pdev_id));
- dir_buff_caps[i].min_elem = le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].min_elem);
- dir_buff_caps[i].min_buf_sz = le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].min_buf_sz);
- dir_buff_caps[i].min_buf_align = le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].min_buf_align);
+ dir_buff_caps[n].min_elem = le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].min_elem);
+ dir_buff_caps[n].min_buf_sz = le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].min_buf_sz);
+ dir_buff_caps[n].min_buf_align = le32_to_cpu(dma_caps[i].min_buf_align);
+ n++;
}
- return 0;
+ if (!n) {
+ ath12k_wmi_free_dbring_caps(ab);
+ return 0;
+ }
-free_dir_buff:
- ath12k_wmi_free_dbring_caps(ab);
- return ret;
+ /* count only the entries stored, so no zeroed entry looks like
+ * a spectral ring
+ */
+ ab->num_db_cap = n;
+
+ return 0;
}
static void
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