FAILED: patch "[PATCH] rtlwifi: Fix fallback firmware loading" failed to apply to 4.13-stable tree

From 1d9b168d8ea9a0f51947d0e2f84856e77d2fe7ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

The patch below does not apply to the 4.13-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

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From 1d9b168d8ea9a0f51947d0e2f84856e77d2fe7ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Sven Joachim <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 18:10:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] rtlwifi: Fix fallback firmware loading

Commit f70e4df2b384 ("rtlwifi: Add code to read new versions of firmware") added code to load an old firmware file if the new one is not available. Unfortunately that code is never reached because request_firmware_nowait() does not wait for the firmware to show up and returns 0 even if the file is not there.

Use the existing fallback mechanism introduced by commit 62009b7f1279 ("rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Add new firmware") instead.

Fixes f70e4df2b384 ("rtlwifi: Add code to read new versions of firmware")

Cc [email protected]

Signed-off-by Sven Joachim <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by Kalle Valo <[email protected]>

drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/sw.c +5 -12

index 56c05c4e1499..f47d839f388d 100644
@@ -187,18 +187,10 @@ int rtl8723be_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 				      rtlpriv->io.dev, GFP_KERNEL, hw,
 				      rtl_fw_cb);
 	if (err) {
-		/* Failed to get firmware. Check if old version available */
-		fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin";
-		pr_info("Using firmware %s\n", fw_name);
-		err = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, 1, fw_name,
-					      rtlpriv->io.dev, GFP_KERNEL, hw,
-					      rtl_fw_cb);
-		if (err) {
-			pr_err("Failed to request firmware!\n");
-			vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
-			rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = NULL;
-			return 1;
-		}
+		pr_err("Failed to request firmware!\n");
+		vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
+		rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = NULL;
+		return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }

@@ -289,6 +281,7 @@ static const struct rtl_hal_cfg rtl8723be_hal_cfg = {
 	.bar_id = 2,
 	.write_readback = true,
 	.name = "rtl8723be_pci",
+	.alt_fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin",
 	.ops = &rtl8723be_hal_ops,
 	.mod_params = &rtl8723be_mod_params,
 	.maps[SYS_ISO_CTRL] = REG_SYS_ISO_CTRL,

drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/sw.c +5 -12

index ec2d577ba85b..5925edf7877f 100644
@@ -216,18 +216,10 @@ int rtl8821ae_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 				      rtlpriv->io.dev, GFP_KERNEL, hw,
 				      rtl_fw_cb);
 	if (err) {
-		/* Failed to get firmware. Check if old version available */
-		fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw.bin";
-		pr_info("Using firmware %s\n", fw_name);
-		err = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, 1, fw_name,
-					      rtlpriv->io.dev, GFP_KERNEL, hw,
-					      rtl_fw_cb);
-		if (err) {
-			pr_err("Failed to request normal firmware!\n");
-			vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.wowlan_firmware);
-			vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
-			return 1;
-		}
+		pr_err("Failed to request normal firmware!\n");
+		vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.wowlan_firmware);
+		vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
+		return 1;
 	}
 	/*load wowlan firmware*/
 	pr_info("Using firmware %s\n", wowlan_fw_name);

@@ -331,6 +323,7 @@ static const struct rtl_hal_cfg rtl8821ae_hal_cfg = {
 	.bar_id = 2,
 	.write_readback = true,
 	.name = "rtl8821ae_pci",
+	.alt_fw_name = "rtlwifi/rtl8821aefw.bin",
 	.ops = &rtl8821ae_hal_ops,
 	.mod_params = &rtl8821ae_mod_params,
 	.maps[SYS_ISO_CTRL] = REG_SYS_ISO_CTRL,

Quoted 4 lines · On 2017-09-07 16:32 +0200, [email protected] wrote:

The patch below does not apply to the 4.13-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

I think it would be best to pick up commit f2764f61fa10 ("rtlwifi: Fix memory leak when firmware request fails") which also seems to be suitable for stable. After that commit, 1d9b168d8ea9 applies fine. Debian has included both of these patches for almost four weeks[1].