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brcsmac kernel panic

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Arend van Spriel Aug. 12, 2013, 10:38 a.m. UTC
On 08/11/2013 06:21 PM, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just updated my laptop (MacBook Air 2012) from 3.11-rc3+ to 3.11-rc4+
> and since then brcsmac crashes short after enabling it. Unfortunately, I
> did also change some config flags in the area of cpufreq (enabling
> p-state driver) so the configuration is not exactly the same. Before I
> try to figure out what I have changed, I am posting the picture of the
> crash. Maybe it is something obvious.
>
> v3.11-rc4-197-gd92581f
> http://www.monom.org/misc/brcmsmac/v3.11-rc4.config
> http://www.monom.org/misc/brcmsmac/IMAG0064.jpg

Thanks, Daniel

I was looking at this issue two weeks ago and just got back from my 
vacation. Can you apply the patch and send me a kernel log?

Sharing pictures, huh. What about this one :-p

Regards,
Arend
From aeca211f0bb6186eefb7f3a6ad98115e2256e53a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:34:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] brcmsmac: avoid kernel panic due to divide-by-zero error

The patch avoid the kernel panic and adds a few error log messages.

Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c |   11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

Comments

Daniel Wagner Aug. 12, 2013, 8:11 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Arend,

On 08/12/2013 12:38 PM, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> On 08/11/2013 06:21 PM, Daniel Wagner wrote:
>> I just updated my laptop (MacBook Air 2012) from 3.11-rc3+ to 3.11-rc4+
>> and since then brcsmac crashes short after enabling it. Unfortunately, I
>> did also change some config flags in the area of cpufreq (enabling
>> p-state driver) so the configuration is not exactly the same. Before I
>> try to figure out what I have changed, I am posting the picture of the
>> crash. Maybe it is something obvious.
>>
>> v3.11-rc4-197-gd92581f
>> http://www.monom.org/misc/brcmsmac/v3.11-rc4.config
>> http://www.monom.org/misc/brcmsmac/IMAG0064.jpg
>
> Thanks, Daniel
>
> I was looking at this issue two weeks ago and just got back from my
> vacation. Can you apply the patch and send me a kernel log?

Sure, the patch does the trick, the panic is gone.

> Sharing pictures, huh. What about this one :-p

No no, that isn't me, that is someone else! :P

cheers,
daniel
Arend van Spriel Aug. 13, 2013, 1:41 p.m. UTC | #2
On 08/12/2013 10:11 PM, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> Hi Arend,
>
> On 08/12/2013 12:38 PM, Arend van Spriel wrote:
>> On 08/11/2013 06:21 PM, Daniel Wagner wrote:
>>> I just updated my laptop (MacBook Air 2012) from 3.11-rc3+ to 3.11-rc4+
>>> and since then brcsmac crashes short after enabling it. Unfortunately, I
>>> did also change some config flags in the area of cpufreq (enabling
>>> p-state driver) so the configuration is not exactly the same. Before I
>>> try to figure out what I have changed, I am posting the picture of the
>>> crash. Maybe it is something obvious.
>>>
>>> v3.11-rc4-197-gd92581f
>>> http://www.monom.org/misc/brcmsmac/v3.11-rc4.config
>>> http://www.monom.org/misc/brcmsmac/IMAG0064.jpg
>>
>> Thanks, Daniel
>>
>> I was looking at this issue two weeks ago and just got back from my
>> vacation. Can you apply the patch and send me a kernel log?
>
> Sure, the patch does the trick, the panic is gone.

Unfortunately, it results in a lot of error print and phy tx errors that 
has been reported by others. I think the two are related, but I have not 
root caused it yet. Your laptop may be usable now, but wireless 
performance is probably bad.

Too bad I can not reproduce the issue over here. Are you willing to test 
some patches when I got a better grasp on the issue?

Regards,
Arend

>> Sharing pictures, huh. What about this one :-p
>
> No no, that isn't me, that is someone else! :P
>
> cheers,
> daniel
>
>


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Daniel Wagner Aug. 13, 2013, 1:55 p.m. UTC | #3
On 08/13/2013 03:41 PM, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> On 08/12/2013 10:11 PM, Daniel Wagner wrote:
>> On 08/12/2013 12:38 PM, Arend van Spriel wrote:
>>> On 08/11/2013 06:21 PM, Daniel Wagner wrote:
>>>> I just updated my laptop (MacBook Air 2012) from 3.11-rc3+ to 3.11-rc4+
>>>> and since then brcsmac crashes short after enabling it.
>>>> Unfortunately, I
>>>> did also change some config flags in the area of cpufreq (enabling
>>>> p-state driver) so the configuration is not exactly the same. Before I
>>>> try to figure out what I have changed, I am posting the picture of the
>>>> crash. Maybe it is something obvious.
>>>>
>>>> v3.11-rc4-197-gd92581f
>>>> http://www.monom.org/misc/brcmsmac/v3.11-rc4.config
>>>> http://www.monom.org/misc/brcmsmac/IMAG0064.jpg
>>>
>>> Thanks, Daniel
>>>
>>> I was looking at this issue two weeks ago and just got back from my
>>> vacation. Can you apply the patch and send me a kernel log?
>>
>> Sure, the patch does the trick, the panic is gone.
>
> Unfortunately, it results in a lot of error print and phy tx errors that
> has been reported by others. I think the two are related, but I have not
> root caused it yet. Your laptop may be usable now, but wireless
> performance is probably bad.
>
> Too bad I can not reproduce the issue over here. Are you willing to test
> some patches when I got a better grasp on the issue?

Sure, let there be patches. :)

cheers,
daniel

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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
index 9fd6f2f..ea92ea2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c
@@ -630,10 +630,21 @@  static uint brcms_c_calc_frame_time(struct brcms_c_info *wlc, u32 ratespec,
 		dur = PREN_PREAMBLE + (tot_streams * PREN_PREAMBLE_EXT);
 		if (preamble_type == BRCMS_MM_PREAMBLE)
 			dur += PREN_MM_EXT;
+
+		if (mcs > BRCMS_MAXMCS) {
+			brcms_err(wlc->hw->d11core, "wl%d: invalid mcs: %u\n",
+				  wlc->pub->unit, mcs);
+			mcs = 0;
+		}
 		/* 1000Ndbps = kbps * 4 */
 		kNdps = mcs_2_rate(mcs, rspec_is40mhz(ratespec),
 				   rspec_issgi(ratespec)) * 4;
 
+		if (kNdps == 0) {
+			brcms_err(wlc->hw->d11core, "wl%d: invalid zero rate: rspec=0x%x\n",
+				  wlc->pub->unit, ratespec);
+			kNdps = 6500 * 4;
+		}
 		if (rspec_stc(ratespec) == 0)
 			nsyms =
 			    CEIL((APHY_SERVICE_NBITS + 8 * mac_len +