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bes2600-dkms/bes2600/scan.h
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test0r aff632ea64 bes2600: defer scan and soften WARN on firmware reject
On a BES2600-based PineTab2, mac80211's background-scan cadence
(about every 30 s when associated) triggers a two-step WARN splat
pattern, visible in dmesg roughly 30 times per 10 min of regular
WiFi use:

  wsm_generic_confirm ret 2
  WARNING: at wsm_handle_rx+0x8a4/0xf30 [bes2600]
  ... full stack trace ...
  ieee80211 phy0: wsm_generic_confirm failed for request 0x0007.
  WARNING: at bes2600_scan_work+0x5d4/0x810 [bes2600]
  ... full stack trace ...
  ieee80211 phy0: [SCAN] Scan failed (-22).

0x0007 is the WSM start-scan request; status 2 is the firmware's
rejected-by-policy response, which it returns for at least two
conditions:

  a) BT A2DP streaming in non-FDD coex mode -- the coex arbiter
     in firmware won't grant an off-channel window while a SCO/
     A2DP link is queued.
  b) A firmware-internal busy state whose exact trigger the
     driver cannot observe directly (confirmed on ohm with BT
     disconnected -- rejection still fires). Likely transient
     firmware-PM transitions.

Both are protocol-level policy responses, not kernel bugs, so the
full stack-trace WARN treatment is counterproductive: it buries
real problems and gets new users convinced the driver is broken.

Three-part fix:

  1. struct bes2600_scan grows two fields -- reject_count and
     backoff_until -- zero-initialised via the existing
     ieee80211_alloc_hw()-provided kzalloc.

  2. bes2600_scan_work() now consults bes2600_scan_should_defer()
     before calling bes2600_scan_start(). The helper short-
     circuits in two cases:

       - coex_is_bt_a2dp() is true and coex is not in FDD mode,
         since we already know the firmware will reject;
       - BES2600_SCAN_REJECT_THRESHOLD (3) consecutive rejections
         have fired and the BES2600_SCAN_BACKOFF_JIFFIES (10 s)
         backoff window has not yet elapsed.

     On defer or on a real firmware rejection, reject_count is
     bumped and backoff_until is refreshed. A successful scan
     clears reject_count.

  3. The WARN_ON(hw_priv->scan.status) at the scan_start() call
     site is replaced with a plain branch into the existing
     fail: label. wsm_generic_confirm()'s WARN() becomes a
     bes_devel() -- the per-request wiphy_warn in wsm_handle_rx
     (which includes the offending request id) is kept, so real
     debugging information is still on tape.

Net behaviour:

  - Expected rejections no longer produce stack traces. The only
    log line that remains on a rejected background scan is the
    upstream-caller's wiphy_warn identifying request 0x0007 or
    equivalent.
  - The driver stops hammering the firmware with doomed scan
    requests -- 3 rejections trigger a 10 s pause, during which
    bes2600_scan_work() returns without issuing WSM 0x0007.
  - The scan-completion path is unchanged; mac80211 sees the
    scan complete with no results and reissues on its normal
    cadence.
  - Real protocol-layer bugs (unexpected underflow in the
    confirm buffer) still WARN_ON at the 'underflow:' label.

Verified on ohm (PineTab2, linux-pinetab2 6.19.10-danctnix1-1):
WARN splat count dropped from 32 to 0 per 10 min uptime. WiFi
stays associated. No regression in other counters (KFENCE,
sdio_tx_work, RX failure, PS Mode Error, factory cali fail all
remain 0).

Signed-off-by: Markus Fritsche <fritsche.markus@gmail.com>
2026-04-24 23:53:05 +02:00

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C

/*
* Scan interface for BES2600 mac80211 drivers
*
* Copyright (c) 2010, Bestechnic
* Author:
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
* published by the Free Software Foundation.
*/
#ifndef SCAN_H_INCLUDED
#define SCAN_H_INCLUDED
#include <linux/semaphore.h>
#include "wsm.h"
/* external */ struct sk_buff;
/* external */ struct cfg80211_scan_request;
/* external */ struct ieee80211_channel;
/* external */ struct ieee80211_hw;
/* external */ struct work_struct;
struct bes2600_scan {
struct semaphore lock;
struct work_struct work;
#ifdef ROAM_OFFLOAD
struct work_struct swork; /* scheduled scan work */
struct cfg80211_sched_scan_request *sched_req;
#endif /*ROAM_OFFLOAD*/
struct delayed_work timeout;
struct cfg80211_scan_request *req;
struct ieee80211_channel **begin;
struct ieee80211_channel **curr;
struct ieee80211_channel **end;
struct wsm_ssid ssids[WSM_SCAN_MAX_NUM_OF_SSIDS];
int output_power;
int n_ssids;
int status;
atomic_t in_progress;
/* Direct probe requests workaround */
struct delayed_work probe_work;
int direct_probe;
u8 if_id;
/*
* Track consecutive firmware-side WSM scan rejections so we can
* back off briefly instead of re-issuing the same scan on every
* mac80211 background-scan tick. Firmware returns WSM status != 0
* for a handful of transient conditions (BT A2DP active in non-
* FDD coex, firmware-internal busy windows) and keeps rejecting
* until the state clears; retrying at full cadence just floods
* dmesg.
*/
unsigned int reject_count;
unsigned long backoff_until;
};
int bes2600_hw_scan(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
struct ieee80211_scan_request *hw_req);
#ifdef ROAM_OFFLOAD
int bes2600_hw_sched_scan_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
struct cfg80211_sched_scan_request *req,
struct ieee80211_sched_scan_ies *ies);
void bes2600_hw_sched_scan_stop(struct bes2600_common *priv);
void bes2600_sched_scan_work(struct work_struct *work);
#endif /*ROAM_OFFLOAD*/
void bes2600_scan_work(struct work_struct *work);
void bes2600_scan_timeout(struct work_struct *work);
void bes2600_scan_complete_cb(struct bes2600_common *priv,
struct wsm_scan_complete *arg);
void bes2600_cancel_hw_scan(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
/* ******************************************************************** */
/* Raw probe requests TX workaround */
void bes2600_probe_work(struct work_struct *work);
#ifdef CONFIG_BES2600_TESTMODE
/* Advance Scan Timer */
void bes2600_advance_scan_timeout(struct work_struct *work);
#endif
#endif