tree 1d1ffddd494df0d78308ed153f1afef8a564bd5a
parent 084281466c535dd70c98f3c34ffc2aad02794836
author Manish Dharanenthiran <manish.dharanenthiran@oss.qualcomm.com> 1754479068 +0530
committer Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com> 1758548535 -0700

wifi: ath12k: Add Retry Mechanism for REO RX Queue Update Failures

During stress test scenarios, when the REO command ring becomes full,
the RX queue update command issued during peer deletion fails due to
insufficient space. In response, the host performs a dma_unmap and
frees the associated memory. However, the hardware still retains a
reference to the same memory address. If the kernel later reallocates
this address, unaware that the hardware is still using it, it can
lead to memory corruption-since the host might access or modify
memory that is still actively referenced by the hardware.

Implement a retry mechanism for the HAL_REO_CMD_UPDATE_RX_QUEUE
command during TID deletion to prevent memory corruption. Introduce
a new list, reo_cmd_update_rx_queue_list, in the struct ath12k_dp to
track pending RX queue updates. Protect this list with
reo_rxq_flush_lock, which also ensures synchronized access to
reo_cmd_cache_flush_list. Defer memory release until hardware
confirms the virtual address is no longer in use, avoiding immediate
deallocation on command failure. Release memory for pending RX queue
updates via ath12k_dp_rx_reo_cmd_list_cleanup() on system reset
if hardware confirmation is not received.

Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.3.1-00173-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3

Signed-off-by: Manish Dharanenthiran <manish.dharanenthiran@oss.qualcomm.com>
Co-developed-by: Nithyanantham Paramasivam <nithyanantham.paramasivam@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Nithyanantham Paramasivam <nithyanantham.paramasivam@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanthakumar.thiagarajan@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250806111750.3214584-6-nithyanantham.paramasivam@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>