Merge ath-next from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git

[linux-block.git] / drivers / net / wireless / ath / ath11k / pcic.c

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pcic.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pcic.c
index 380f9d37b6449f0dd76fc3668c6d051605911851..30d66147223f49cb98e05e4cd38ee71380493bf9 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pcic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pcic.c
@@ -218,9 +218,16 @@ int ath11k_pcic_read(struct ath11k_base *ab, void *buf, u32 start, u32 end)
        if (wakeup_required && ab->pci.ops->wakeup) {
                ret = ab->pci.ops->wakeup(ab);
                if (ret) {
-                       ath11k_warn(ab, "failed to wakeup for read from 0x%x: %d\n",
-                                   start, ret);
-                       return ret;
+                       ath11k_warn(ab,
+                                   "wakeup failed, data may be invalid: %d",
+                                   ret);
+                       /* Even though wakeup() failed, continue processing rather
+                        * than returning because some parts of the data may still
+                        * be valid and useful in some cases, e.g. could give us
+                        * some clues on firmware crash.
+                        * Mislead due to invalid data could be avoided because we
+                        * are aware of the wakeup failure.
+                        */
                }
        }