wifi: ath12k: Pass ab pointer directly to ath12k_dp_tx_get_encap_type()
authorTamizh Chelvam Raja <tamizh.raja@oss.qualcomm.com>
Fri, 6 Jun 2025 04:49:36 +0000 (10:19 +0530)
committerJeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>
Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:28:34 +0000 (07:28 -0700)
commit05062834350f0bf7ad1abcebc2807220e90220eb
tree36fef2901302ca29ba011a2bbb914866c053e631
parent54c350055b1da2767f18a49c11e4fcc42cf33ff8
wifi: ath12k: Pass ab pointer directly to ath12k_dp_tx_get_encap_type()

In ath12k_dp_tx_get_encap_type(), the arvif parameter is only used to
retrieve the ab pointer. In vdev delete sequence the arvif->ar could
become NULL and that would trigger kernel panic.
Since the caller ath12k_dp_tx() already has a valid ab pointer, pass it
directly to avoid panic and unnecessary dereferencing.

PC points to "ath12k_dp_tx+0x228/0x988 [ath12k]"
LR points to "ath12k_dp_tx+0xc8/0x988 [ath12k]".
The Backtrace obtained is as follows:
ath12k_dp_tx+0x228/0x988 [ath12k]
ath12k_mac_tx_check_max_limit+0x608/0x920 [ath12k]
ieee80211_process_measurement_req+0x320/0x348 [mac80211]
ieee80211_tx_dequeue+0x9ac/0x1518 [mac80211]
ieee80211_tx_dequeue+0xb14/0x1518 [mac80211]
ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb+0x224/0x254 [mac80211]
ieee80211_xmit+0xec/0x100 [mac80211]
__ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0xc50/0xf40 [mac80211]
ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0x2e8/0x308 [mac80211]
netdev_start_xmit+0x150/0x18c
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x74/0xc0

Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.3.1-00173-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

Fixes: e93bbd65547e ("wifi: ath12k: fix packets are sent in native wifi mode while we set raw mode")
Signed-off-by: Tamizh Chelvam Raja <tamizh.raja@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanthakumar.thiagarajan@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250606044936.3989400-1-tamizh.raja@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_tx.c