When using a 5G-capable device with VHT (802.11ac) rates enabled was not working (packets were not delivered) and the following mac80211 warning was printed: WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 2253 at net/mac80211/rate.c:625 ieee80211_get_tx_rates+0x22e/0x620 [mac80211]() Modules linked in: rtl8821ae btcoexist rtl_pci rtlwifi fuse drbg ansi_cprng ctr ccm bnep bluetooth af_packet nfs fscache vboxpci(O) vboxnetadp(O) vboxne tflt(O) vboxdrv(O) arc4 snd_hda_codec_generic x86_pkg_temp_thermal rtsx_pci_sdmmc mmc_core rtsx_pci_ms kvm_intel memstick iwlmvm kvm mac80211 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_cod ec snd_hwdep snd_hda_core irqbypass snd_pcm iwlwifi crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel aes_x86_64 snd_timer lrw gf128mul glue_h elper ablk_helper cryptd snd cfg80211 pcspkr serio_raw e1000e rtsx_pci lpc_ich ptp xhci_pci mfd_core pps_core xhci_hcd soundcore toshiba_acpi thermal sparse_keymap wmi toshiba_bluetooth rfkill acpi_cpufreq battery ac processor dm_mod i915 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops drm sr_mod cdrom video button sg autofs4 [last unloaded: rtlwifi] CPU: 3 PID: 2253 Comm: Timer Tainted: G W O 4.5.0-rc1-wl+ #79 Hardware name: TOSHIBA TECRA A50-A/TECRA A50-A, BIOS Version 4.20 04/17/2014 ffffffffa05c4be6 ffff8802262036d8 ffffffff813d7912 0000000000000000 ffff880226203710 ffffffff8106bcb6 ffff8800c6831300 ffff8800c6831330 0000000000000000 ffff8800c683133c ffff880065923638 ffff880226203720 Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff813d7912>] dump_stack+0x4b/0x79 [<ffffffff8106bcb6>] warn_slowpath_common+0x86/0xc0 [<ffffffff8106bdaa>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [<ffffffffa05511ee>] ieee80211_get_tx_rates+0x22e/0x620 [mac80211] [<ffffffffa0782232>] ? rtl_is_special_data+0x32/0x240 [rtlwifi] [<ffffffffa055209e>] ? rate_control_get_rate+0xce/0x150 [mac80211] [<ffffffff810bfc7d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10 [<ffffffff81071cc5>] ? __local_bh_enable_ip+0x65/0xd0 Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Recently, it has been reported that D-Link DWA-582 cards, which use an
RTL8812AE chip are not able to scan for 5G networks. The problems started
with kernel 4.2, which is the first version that had commit d10101a60372
("rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Fix problem with regulatory information"). With this
patch, the driver went from setting a default channel plan to using
the value derived from EEPROM.
Bug reports at https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111031 and
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1279653 are examples of this
problem.
The problem was solved once I learned that the internal country code was
resulting in a regulatory set with only 2.4 GHz channels. With the RTL8821AE
chips available to me, the country code was such that both 2.4 and 5 GHz
channels are allowed. The fix is to allow both bands even when the EEPROM
is incorrectly encoded.
Fixes: d10101a60372 ("rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: Fix problem with regulatory information")
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: littlesmartguy@gmail.com
Cc: gabe@codehaus.org
Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> [v4.2+]
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
In commit 38506ecefab9 (rtlwifi: rtl_pci: Start modification for new
drivers), a bug was introduced that causes a NULL pointer dereference.
As this bug only affects the infrequently used RTL8192EE and only under
low-memory conditions, it has taken a long time for the bug to show up.
The bug was reported on the linux-wireless mailing list and also at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/ as
bug #1527603 (kernel crashes due to rtl8192ee driver on ubuntu 15.10).
Fixes: 38506ecefab9 ("rtlwifi: rtl_pci: Start modification for new drivers")
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
This driver fails to copy the module parameter for software encryption to the locations used by the main code. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
The module parameter for software encryption was never transferred to the location used by the driver. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Two of the module parameter descriptions show incorrect default values. In addition the value for software encryption is not transferred to the locations used by the driver. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Two of the module parameters are listed with incorrect default values. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
In this driver, parameters disable_watchdog and sw_crypto are never copied into the locations used in the main code. While modifying the parameter handling, the copying of parameter msi_support is moved to be with the rest. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
This driver failed to copy parameters sw_crypto and disable_watchdog into the locations actually used by the driver. In addition, msi_support was initialized three times and one of them used the wrong variable. The initialization of parameter int_clear was moved so that it is near that of the rest of the parameters. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
This driver has some errors in the handling of module parameters. These include missing initialization for parameters msi_support and disable_watchdog. In addition, neither of these parameters nor sw_crypto are transferred into the locations used by the driver. A final fix is adding parameter msi to the module named and description macros. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>