Bug/Regression - Ralink RT2800 kernel deference issue since kernel 5.14
From: Robert W <hidden>
Date: 2021-11-12 21:29:37
Hi, I have recently tried to upgrade a system to run the 5.14 kernel and noticed that I was getting hangs on the system which seem to relate to this wireless dongle which I am running hostapd against to provide a small AP. Since that time kernel 5.15 was released and I have tested that kernel as well and the problem persists. The issue sometimes occurs within an hour and other times it takes a few hours. I have tried to narrow down what is causing the issue. I thought it might be a change elsewhere outside the mac80211/driver area so I tried to run the wireless backports 5.15-rc6 on top of the last stable kernel of 5.13 so as to have the smallest number of changes on the system. The backports crashes with the same error. I have included below the netconsole output and the gdb of the kernel module in question. The capture was from when I was using the backports, but the error is the same. I hope the pastebins are okay to use on the list. I did try to get some assistance on linux-wireless IRC and some one asked for the outputs I had for the information so I am reusing them here. The following pastebin is the data sent to a netconsole instance. https://pastebin.com/UxRrTtUh The gdb debug of the kernel module suggests this section of code. https://pastebin.com/iMzxWEVU I am able to run further tests if required. I am not a programmer, but I can usually apply code patches and build the resulting code. Please let me know if require any further information. -- Robert