>Number:         166286
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       [net80211] [ath] initial switch to HT40 isn't causing a 
>hardware channel change call
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Mar 21 00:00:28 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Adrian Chadd
>Release:        9.0-RELEASE i386, with -HEAD net80211/ath
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:

I've been seeing issues with TX failing.

Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: wlan0: sta_newstate: AUTH -> ASSOC (0)
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101308] ath0: ath_txq_update: Q1 qflags 0xf 
aifs 3 cwmin 15 cwmax 1023 burstTime 0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101308] ath0: ath_txq_update: Q0 qflags 0xf 
aifs 7 cwmin 15 cwmax 1023 burstTime 0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101308] ath0: ath_txq_update: Q2 qflags 0xf 
aifs 2 cwmin 7 cwmax 15 burstTime 3008
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101308] ath0: ath_txq_update: Q3 qflags 0xf 
aifs 2 cwmin 3 cwmax 7 burstTime 1504
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: wlan0: [00:24:6c:04:f0:79] switch station to 
HT20 channel 5200/0x210140
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101308] ath0: ath_setslottime: chan 5200 MHz 
flags 0x200140 short slot, 9 usec
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: wlan0: [00:24:6c:04:f0:79] assoc success at aid 
3: short preamble, short slot time, QoS, HT20 (+AMPDU)
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: wlan0: ieee80211_new_state_locked: ASSOC -> RUN 
(nrunning 0 nscanning 0)
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: wlan0: ieee80211_newstate_cb: ASSOC -> RUN arg 
16
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: wlan0: sta_newstate: ASSOC -> RUN (16)
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: wlan0: link state changed to UP
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101309] ath0: ath_chan_set: 40 (5200 MHz, 
flags 0x210140)
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101309] ath0: ath_stoprecv: rx queue 
0x384100c0, link 0xe9a20060
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101309] ath0: ath_stoptxdma: tx queue [9] 0, 
link 0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101309] ath0: ath_tx_stopdma: tx queue [0] 0, 
link 0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101309] ath0: ath_tx_stopdma: tx queue [1] 
0xe92e3c0, link 0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101309] ath0: ath_tx_stopdma: tx queue [2] 0, 
link 0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101309] ath0: ath_tx_stopdma: tx queue [3] 0, 
link 0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101309] ath0: ath_tx_stopdma: tx queue [8] 0, 
link 0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101309] ath0: ath_stoptxdma: tx queue [9] 0, 
link 0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101309] ath0: ath_tx_stopdma: tx queue [0] 0, 
link 0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101309] ath0: ath_tx_stopdma: tx queue [1] 
0xe92e3c0, link 0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101309] ath0: ath_tx_stopdma: tx queue [2] 0, 
link 0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101309] ath0: ath_tx_stopdma: tx queue [3] 0, 
link 0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: [101309] ath0: ath_tx_stopdma: tx queue [8] 0, 
link 0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: ar5416Set11nRegs: chan isht40=0, isht40d=0, 
isht40u=0, phymode=0x3c0, macmode=0
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: ar5416PerCalibrationN: NF calibration didn't 
finish; delaying CCA
Mar 20 16:45:39 marilyn kernel: wlan0: [00:24:6c:04:f0:79] switch station to 
HT40 channel 5200/0x240140

>How-To-Repeat:
This may be AP specific/dependent. I've not seen this when associating to many 
work (atheros) or home (freebsd) APs. But this particular one, for whatever 
reason, is exhibiting this issue.

This is on an open access point, rather than one protected by WEP/WPA.

# ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 ssid <SSID> -bgscan up

It then shows up in ifconfig as a ht40- AP.

xmit debugging (sysctl dev.ath.0.debug=0x3) shows that the frames are being 
TXed with the HT2040 bit set to 1, thus the frame is trying to go out in 40MHz 
mode. However, the hardware is configured for 20MHz operation:

* AR_PHY_TURBO doesn't have AR_PHY_FC_DYN2040_EN set;
* AR_2040_MODE is 0, so the pri/ext RX_CLEAR line isn't being programmed in.

Thus any TX will fail, as the rate control code currently transmits _only_ 
40MHz frames at this point. Legacy frames will succeed however as they are 
always transmitted at 20MHz.

A manual scan fixes the issue. A background scan also fixes the issue and 
likely hid this brokenness in the past as once the background scan completes, 
the hardware is re-initialised into 40MHz mode.

>Fix:
I'm not sure yet. I need to add some thread debugging to net80211 to see which 
thread(s) are doing the HT update. It may be one SMP race where the HT40 IE is 
parsed in another thread and the channel change completes before the IE is 
parsed and updated.

In any case, I do think it's a net80211 issue, as it likely is missing a call 
to ic_chan_set() after the operational mode change.


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