Tsuchiya Yuto [off-list ref] wrote:

When a PCIe function level reset (FLR) is performed but without fw reset for
some reasons (e.g., on Microsoft Surface devices, fw reset requires other
quirks), it fails to reset wifi properly. You can trigger the issue on such
devices via debugfs entry for reset:

    $ echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/kernel/debug/mwifiex/mlan0/reset

and the resulting dmesg log:

    [   45.740508] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: Resetting per request
    [   45.742937] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: info: successfully disconnected from [BSSID]: reason code 3
    [   45.744666] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: info: shutdown mwifiex...
    [   45.751530] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: PREP_CMD: card is removed
    [   45.751539] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: PREP_CMD: card is removed
    [   45.771691] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: PREP_CMD: card is removed
    [   45.771695] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: deleting the crypto keys
    [   45.771697] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: PREP_CMD: card is removed
    [   45.771698] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: deleting the crypto keys
    [   45.771699] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: PREP_CMD: card is removed
    [   45.771701] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: deleting the crypto keys
    [   45.771702] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: PREP_CMD: card is removed
    [   45.771703] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: deleting the crypto keys
    [   45.771704] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: PREP_CMD: card is removed
    [   45.771705] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: deleting the crypto keys
    [   45.771707] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: PREP_CMD: card is removed
    [   45.771708] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: deleting the crypto keys
    [   53.099343] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: info: trying to associate to '[SSID]' bssid [BSSID]
    [   53.241870] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: info: associated to bssid [BSSID] successfully
    [   75.377942] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: cmd_wait_q terminated: -110
    [   85.385491] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: info: successfully disconnected from [BSSID]: reason code 15
    [   87.539408] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: cmd_wait_q terminated: -110
    [   87.539412] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: deleting the crypto keys
    [   99.699917] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: cmd_wait_q terminated: -110
    [   99.699925] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: deleting the crypto keys
    [  111.859802] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: cmd_wait_q terminated: -110
    [  111.859808] mwifiex_pcie 0000:03:00.0: deleting the crypto keys
    [...]

When comparing mwifiex_shutdown_sw() with mwifiex_pcie_remove(), it
lacks mwifiex_init_shutdown_fw().

This commit fixes mwifiex_shutdown_sw() by adding the missing
mwifiex_init_shutdown_fw().

Fixes: 4c5dae59d2e9 ("mwifiex: add PCIe function level reset support")
Signed-off-by: Tsuchiya Yuto <redacted>

2 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

fa74cb1dc0f4 mwifiex: fix mwifiex_shutdown_sw() causing sw reset failure
566b4cb9587e mwifiex: update comment for shutdown_sw()/reinit_sw() to reflect current state

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