wifi: ath10k: skip WMI and beacon transmission when device is wedged

In ath10k_wmi_cmd_send(), the current code detects ATH10K_STATE_WEDGED
and sets ret to -ESHUTDOWN, but still proceeds to transmit pending
beacons and calls ath10k_wmi_cmd_send_nowait().

This can lead to incorrect behavior, as WMI commands and beacons are
still sent after the device has been marked as wedged, and the original
-ESHUTDOWN return value may be overwritten by the result of the send
path.

The wedged state indicates the hardware is already unreliable, and no
further interaction with firmware is expected or meaningful in this
state.

Fix this by skipping beacon transmission and the WMI send path entirely
once ATH10K_STATE_WEDGED is detected, ensuring consistent return values
and avoiding unnecessary firmware interaction.

Tested-on: QCA6174 hw3.2 PCI WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00288-QCARMSWPZ-1
Tested-on: QCA6174 hw3.2 SDIO WLAN.RMH.4.4.1-00189

Fixes: c256a94d1b1b ("wifi: ath10k: shutdown driver when hardware is unreliable")
Signed-off-by: Kang Yang <kang.yang@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Rameshkumar Sundaram <rameshkumar.sundaram@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260428061737.37-1-kang.yang@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
index 0bdb38edd915293146c46d7ae976396274e55336..e57588c19c800c4a72371ae8260eac14366c0562 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Atheros Communications Inc.
  * Copyright (c) 2011-2017 Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.
  * Copyright (c) 2018-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2021-2024 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
  */
 
@@ -1947,15 +1946,15 @@ int ath10k_wmi_cmd_send(struct ath10k *ar, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 cmd_id)
                        ret = -ESHUTDOWN;
                        ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_WMI,
                                   "drop wmi command %d, hardware is wedged\n", cmd_id);
-               }
-               /* try to send pending beacons first. they take priority */
-               ath10k_wmi_tx_beacons_nowait(ar);
+               } else {
+                       /* try to send pending beacons first. they take priority */
+                       ath10k_wmi_tx_beacons_nowait(ar);
 
-               ret = ath10k_wmi_cmd_send_nowait(ar, skb, cmd_id);
-
-               if (ret && test_bit(ATH10K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH, &ar->dev_flags))
-                       ret = -ESHUTDOWN;
+                       ret = ath10k_wmi_cmd_send_nowait(ar, skb, cmd_id);
 
+                       if (ret && test_bit(ATH10K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH, &ar->dev_flags))
+                               ret = -ESHUTDOWN;
+               }
                (ret != -EAGAIN);
        }), 3 * HZ);