ath9k: fix enabling ANI / tx monitor after bg scan

ath9k's entire logic with SC_OP_SCANNING is incorrect due to the
way mac80211 currently implements the scan complete callback and
we handle it in ath9k. This patch removes the flag completely in
preference for the SC_OP_OFFCHANNEL which is really what we wanted.

The scanning flag was used to ensure we reset ANI to the old values
when we go back to the home channel, but if we are offchannel we
use some defaults. The flag was also used to re-enable the TX monitor.

Without this patch we simply never re-enabled ANI and the TX monitor
after going offchannel. This means that after one background
scan we are prone to noise issues and if we had a TX hang we would
not recover. To get this to work properly we must enable ANI after
we have configured the beacon timers, otherwise hardware acts really
oddly.

This patch has stable fixes which apply down to [2.6.36+], there
*may* be a to fix this on older kernels but requires a bit of
work since this patch relies on the new mac80211 flag
IEEE80211_CONF_OFFCHANNEL which was introduced as of 2.6.36.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Cc: Paul Stewart <pstew@google.com>
Cc: Amod Bodas <amod.bodas@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

3 files changed, 5 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
index c8ff417f6c10..98b57e6c614e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
@@ -563,7 +563,6 @@ struct ath_ant_comb {
 #define SC_OP_RXFLUSH                BIT(7)
 #define SC_OP_LED_ASSOCIATED         BIT(8)
 #define SC_OP_LED_ON                 BIT(9)
-#define SC_OP_SCANNING               BIT(10)
 #define SC_OP_TSF_RESET              BIT(11)
 #define SC_OP_BT_PRIORITY_DETECTED   BIT(12)
 #define SC_OP_BT_SCAN                BIT(13)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index 3295c638f7e3..5056733e6f66 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -255,14 +255,12 @@ int ath_set_channel(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
         ath_update_txpow(sc);
         ath9k_hw_set_interrupts(ah, ah->imask);
 
-        if (!(sc->sc_flags & (SC_OP_OFFCHANNEL | SC_OP_SCANNING))) {
-                ath_start_ani(common);
+        if (!(sc->sc_flags & (SC_OP_OFFCHANNEL))) {
+                ath_beacon_config(sc, NULL);
                 ieee80211_queue_delayed_work(sc->hw, &sc->tx_complete_work, 0);
+                ath_start_ani(common);
         }
 
-        if (!(sc->sc_flags & (SC_OP_OFFCHANNEL)))
-                ath_beacon_config(sc, NULL);
-
  ps_restore:
         ath9k_ps_restore(sc);
         return r;
@@ -2036,7 +2034,6 @@ static void ath9k_sw_scan_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 
         aphy->state = ATH_WIPHY_SCAN;
         ath9k_wiphy_pause_all_forced(sc, aphy);
-        sc->sc_flags |= SC_OP_SCANNING;
         mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex);
 }
 
@@ -2051,7 +2048,6 @@ static void ath9k_sw_scan_complete(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 
         mutex_lock(&sc->mutex);
         aphy->state = ATH_WIPHY_ACTIVE;
-        sc->sc_flags &= ~SC_OP_SCANNING;
         mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
index 3e7b8fe36044..007df33ab05e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static void ath_edma_start_recv(struct ath_softc *sc)
 
         ath_opmode_init(sc);
 
-        ath9k_hw_startpcureceive(sc->sc_ah, (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_SCANNING));
+        ath9k_hw_startpcureceive(sc->sc_ah, (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_OFFCHANNEL));
 }
 
 static void ath_edma_stop_recv(struct ath_softc *sc)
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ int ath_startrecv(struct ath_softc *sc)
 start_recv:
         spin_unlock_bh(&sc->rx.rxbuflock);
         ath_opmode_init(sc);
-        ath9k_hw_startpcureceive(ah, (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_SCANNING));
+        ath9k_hw_startpcureceive(ah, (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_OFFCHANNEL));
 
         return 0;
 }