OpenWrt cfg80211.h station_info incompatibility with kernel+mac80211 [was: B.A.T.M.A.N. V leaves the nest v2]
Commit Message
On Thursday 21 January 2016 12:56:01 Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> Just installed in on some hardware (2x OM5P + OpenWrt 44654 + compat-wireless
> 2015-10-26) and enabled BATMAN_V.
>
> [ 168.540000] CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffff0, epc == 86d8301c, ra == 86d8301c
> [ 168.550000] Oops[#1]:
> [ 168.550000] CPU: 0 PID: 265 Comm: kworker/u2:2 Tainted: P 3.18.8 #1
> [ 168.550000] Workqueue: bat_events batadv_v_elp_throughput_metric_update [batman_adv]
[..]
> [ 168.550000] epc : 86d8301c batadv_v_elp_throughput_metric_update+0x20/0x58 [batman_adv]
> [ 168.550000] Tainted: P
> [ 168.550000] ra : 86d8301c batadv_v_elp_throughput_metric_update+0x20/0x58 [batman_adv]
Who knew that struct station_info changed in v3.18-6219-g6de3980,
v3.18-6235-gb51f3be and v3.18-6217-ga76b194? Wieder keiner!? :)
So what basically happened was a stack corruption causing the return address
to be bogus. This only happened because the kernel version of cfg80211.h (which
is used to compile batman-adv) is different than the version in the mac80211
package (which is used at runtime) I have now synced that structure between the
OpenWrt kernel and the used compat-wireless, rebuild my OpenWrt and tried again.
I hope this helps anyone trying to use B.A.T.M.A.N. V on OpenWrt.
@Felix, would it be ok for you when I propose a
"*-sync-cfg80211-station_info.patch" for the 3.18 generic kernel patches?
Or do you have a good idea how to force the openwrt-routing batman-adv package
against the cfg80211.h of compat-wireless?
Kind regards,
Sven
Comments
On 2016-01-21 14:47, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> On Thursday 21 January 2016 12:56:01 Sven Eckelmann wrote:
>> Just installed in on some hardware (2x OM5P + OpenWrt 44654 + compat-wireless
>> 2015-10-26) and enabled BATMAN_V.
>>
>> [ 168.540000] CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffff0, epc == 86d8301c, ra == 86d8301c
>> [ 168.550000] Oops[#1]:
>> [ 168.550000] CPU: 0 PID: 265 Comm: kworker/u2:2 Tainted: P 3.18.8 #1
>> [ 168.550000] Workqueue: bat_events batadv_v_elp_throughput_metric_update [batman_adv]
> [..]
>> [ 168.550000] epc : 86d8301c batadv_v_elp_throughput_metric_update+0x20/0x58 [batman_adv]
>> [ 168.550000] Tainted: P
>> [ 168.550000] ra : 86d8301c batadv_v_elp_throughput_metric_update+0x20/0x58 [batman_adv]
>
> Who knew that struct station_info changed in v3.18-6219-g6de3980,
> v3.18-6235-gb51f3be and v3.18-6217-ga76b194? Wieder keiner!? :)
>
> So what basically happened was a stack corruption causing the return address
> to be bogus. This only happened because the kernel version of cfg80211.h (which
> is used to compile batman-adv) is different than the version in the mac80211
> package (which is used at runtime) I have now synced that structure between the
> OpenWrt kernel and the used compat-wireless, rebuild my OpenWrt and tried again.
> I hope this helps anyone trying to use B.A.T.M.A.N. V on OpenWrt.
>
> @Felix, would it be ok for you when I propose a
> "*-sync-cfg80211-station_info.patch" for the 3.18 generic kernel patches?
> Or do you have a good idea how to force the openwrt-routing batman-adv package
> against the cfg80211.h of compat-wireless?
The openwrt mac80211 package exports its headers to
$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/mac80211
You could just make the batman-adv package use those includes.
- Felix
On 21/01/16 22:03, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> On Thursday 21 January 2016 14:55:01 Felix Fietkau wrote:
>>> @Felix, would it be ok for you when I propose a
>>> "*-sync-cfg80211-station_info.patch" for the 3.18 generic kernel patches?
>>> Or do you have a good idea how to force the openwrt-routing batman-adv package
>>> against the cfg80211.h of compat-wireless?
>> The openwrt mac80211 package exports its headers to
>> $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/mac80211
>>
>> You could just make the batman-adv package use those includes.
>
> Thanks, missed that. I will prepare a pull request for openwrt-routing.
In case this was missed: we also need to make sure that batman-adv
depends on mac80211 and that it gets compiled first.
Cheers,
On Thursday 21 January 2016 14:55:01 Felix Fietkau wrote:
> > @Felix, would it be ok for you when I propose a
> > "*-sync-cfg80211-station_info.patch" for the 3.18 generic kernel patches?
> > Or do you have a good idea how to force the openwrt-routing batman-adv package
> > against the cfg80211.h of compat-wireless?
> The openwrt mac80211 package exports its headers to
> $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/mac80211
>
> You could just make the batman-adv package use those includes.
Thanks, missed that. I will prepare a pull request for openwrt-routing.
Regards,
Sven
On Thursday 21 January 2016 15:03:10 Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> On Thursday 21 January 2016 14:55:01 Felix Fietkau wrote:
> > > @Felix, would it be ok for you when I propose a
> > > "*-sync-cfg80211-station_info.patch" for the 3.18 generic kernel
patches?
> > > Or do you have a good idea how to force the openwrt-routing batman-adv
package
> > > against the cfg80211.h of compat-wireless?
> > The openwrt mac80211 package exports its headers to
> > $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/mac80211
> >
> > You could just make the batman-adv package use those includes.
>
> Thanks, missed that. I will prepare a pull request for openwrt-routing.
Hm, didn't work out so well. It basically explodes right away because
possible_net_t, possible_read_pnet, possible_write_pnet is not defined on
v3.18 when not using the mac80211 backporting headers. And when usign the
backporting headers then it will explode because it conflicts with batman-
adv's own backporting stuff. And without the batman-adv's backporting headers
it will also not compile due to missing backporting hacks.
Kind regards,
Sven
On Thursday 21 January 2016 22:02:50 Antonio Quartulli wrote:
>
> On 21/01/16 22:03, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> > On Thursday 21 January 2016 14:55:01 Felix Fietkau wrote:
> >>> @Felix, would it be ok for you when I propose a
> >>> "*-sync-cfg80211-station_info.patch" for the 3.18 generic kernel
patches?
> >>> Or do you have a good idea how to force the openwrt-routing batman-adv
package
> >>> against the cfg80211.h of compat-wireless?
> >> The openwrt mac80211 package exports its headers to
> >> $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/mac80211
> >>
> >> You could just make the batman-adv package use those includes.
> >
> > Thanks, missed that. I will prepare a pull request for openwrt-routing.
>
> In case this was missed: we also need to make sure that batman-adv
> depends on mac80211 and that it gets compiled first.
You are right. But the B.A.T.M.A.N. V patches cannot be build with the
official openwrt-routing package - so no need to get too eager. All we are
doing right now is to prepare the integration (for the next release which will
include B.A.T.M.A.N. V).
But if anyone is willing to prepare the changes for the internal branch...
Kind regards,
Sven
On 2016-01-21 15:26, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> On Thursday 21 January 2016 15:03:10 Sven Eckelmann wrote:
>> On Thursday 21 January 2016 14:55:01 Felix Fietkau wrote:
>> > > @Felix, would it be ok for you when I propose a
>> > > "*-sync-cfg80211-station_info.patch" for the 3.18 generic kernel
> patches?
>> > > Or do you have a good idea how to force the openwrt-routing batman-adv
> package
>> > > against the cfg80211.h of compat-wireless?
>> > The openwrt mac80211 package exports its headers to
>> > $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/mac80211
>> >
>> > You could just make the batman-adv package use those includes.
>>
>> Thanks, missed that. I will prepare a pull request for openwrt-routing.
>
> Hm, didn't work out so well. It basically explodes right away because
> possible_net_t, possible_read_pnet, possible_write_pnet is not defined on
> v3.18 when not using the mac80211 backporting headers. And when usign the
> backporting headers then it will explode because it conflicts with batman-
> adv's own backporting stuff. And without the batman-adv's backporting headers
> it will also not compile due to missing backporting hacks.
I think in the short term it would be a good idea to identify what's
missing in the mac80211 backport support and make patches for it.
You should also rebase those on top of backports.git and submit them
upstream.
For a long term solution, you guys should probably start pushing for
full batman-adv integration in kernel backports. Might be useful for
increasing adoption of the latest stuff even outside of OpenWrt.
- Felix
From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:07:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] sync cfg80211 station_info
batman-adv v2016.0 with B.A.T.M.A.N. V enabled will query the cfg80211
module for wireless station information. But the module is compiled against
the OpenWrt kernel but will be with the cfg80211 module from the mac80211
package. The result is a stack corruption when the definition of these two
headers are different.
But the cfg80211.h from the kernel can be synced easily against the
compat-wireless patch because it should not be used by the OpenWrt kernel.
This problem happens for example with the kernel v3.18 and compat-wireless
generated from 3.19 or later. The patch tries to avoid this by synching the
structure against mac80211 2016-01-10.
---
include/net/cfg80211.h | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
@@ -945,12 +945,14 @@ enum rate_info_flags {
* @mcs: mcs index if struct describes a 802.11n bitrate
* @legacy: bitrate in 100kbit/s for 802.11abg
* @nss: number of streams (VHT only)
+ * @bw: bandwidth (from &enum rate_info_bw)
*/
struct rate_info {
u8 flags;
u8 mcs;
u16 legacy;
u8 nss;
+ u8 bw;
};
/**
@@ -984,6 +986,24 @@ struct sta_bss_parameters {
u16 beacon_interval;
};
+/**
+ * struct cfg80211_tid_stats - per-TID statistics
+ * @filled: bitmap of flags using the bits of &enum nl80211_tid_stats to
+ * indicate the relevant values in this struct are filled
+ * @rx_msdu: number of received MSDUs
+ * @tx_msdu: number of (attempted) transmitted MSDUs
+ * @tx_msdu_retries: number of retries (not counting the first) for
+ * transmitted MSDUs
+ * @tx_msdu_failed: number of failed transmitted MSDUs
+ */
+struct cfg80211_tid_stats {
+ u32 filled;
+ u64 rx_msdu;
+ u64 tx_msdu;
+ u64 tx_msdu_retries;
+ u64 tx_msdu_failed;
+};
+
#define IEEE80211_MAX_CHAINS 4
/**
@@ -991,11 +1011,12 @@ struct sta_bss_parameters {
*
* Station information filled by driver for get_station() and dump_station.
*
- * @filled: bitflag of flags from &enum station_info_flags
+ * @filled: bitflag of flags using the bits of &enum nl80211_sta_info to
+ * indicate the relevant values in this struct for them
* @connected_time: time(in secs) since a station is last connected
* @inactive_time: time since last station activity (tx/rx) in milliseconds
- * @rx_bytes: bytes received from this station
- * @tx_bytes: bytes transmitted to this station
+ * @rx_bytes: bytes (size of MPDUs) received from this station
+ * @tx_bytes: bytes (size of MPDUs) transmitted to this station
* @llid: mesh local link id
* @plid: mesh peer link id
* @plink_state: mesh peer link state
@@ -1008,10 +1029,10 @@ struct sta_bss_parameters {
* @chain_signal_avg: per-chain signal strength average in dBm
* @txrate: current unicast bitrate from this station
* @rxrate: current unicast bitrate to this station
- * @rx_packets: packets received from this station
- * @tx_packets: packets transmitted to this station
- * @tx_retries: cumulative retry counts
- * @tx_failed: number of failed transmissions (retries exceeded, no ACK)
+ * @rx_packets: packets (MSDUs & MMPDUs) received from this station
+ * @tx_packets: packets (MSDUs & MMPDUs) transmitted to this station
+ * @tx_retries: cumulative retry counts (MPDUs)
+ * @tx_failed: number of failed transmissions (MPDUs) (retries exceeded, no ACK)
* @rx_dropped_misc: Dropped for un-specified reason.
* @bss_param: current BSS parameters
* @generation: generation number for nl80211 dumps.
@@ -1031,6 +1052,11 @@ struct sta_bss_parameters {
* @nonpeer_pm: non-peer mesh STA power save mode
* @expected_throughput: expected throughput in kbps (including 802.11 headers)
* towards this station.
+ * @rx_beacon: number of beacons received from this peer
+ * @rx_beacon_signal_avg: signal strength average (in dBm) for beacons received
+ * from this peer
+ * @pertid: per-TID statistics, see &struct cfg80211_tid_stats, using the last
+ * (IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS) index for MSDUs not encapsulated in QoS-MPDUs.
*/
struct station_info {
u32 filled;
@@ -1071,10 +1097,9 @@ struct station_info {
u32 expected_throughput;
- /*
- * Note: Add a new enum station_info_flags value for each new field and
- * use it to check which fields are initialized.
- */
+ u64 rx_beacon;
+ u8 rx_beacon_signal_avg;
+ struct cfg80211_tid_stats pertid[IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS + 1];
};
/**