Hard(?) lock when reassociating ath with wpa_supplicant on RELENG_7

[Martin]

Hi Sam,

do you know if there is anything done about cbb(4)? I have many
wireless adapters with ath(4), but only the one based on PCMCIA is
making problems on FreeBSD.

I cannot boot my notebook with the device inserted into the port, or it
will render the system unusable (100% load on cbb(4)).

And all I can see is the following:
Jul 12 14:58:39 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 1 (2412 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:58:40 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 6 (2437 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3233070656
Jul 12 14:58:41 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 7 (2442 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3233070656
Jul 12 14:58:42 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 2 (2417 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:58:43 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 3 (2422 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:58:44 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 4 (2427 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3233070656
Jul 12 14:58:45 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 5 (2432 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:58:45 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 8 (2447 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:58:46 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 9 (2452 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:58:47 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 10 (2457 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:58:52 link kernel: ath0: device timeout
Jul 12 14:58:52 link kernel: ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3231908395
Jul 12 14:58:58 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 1 (2412 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3233070656
Jul 12 14:58:59 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 6 (2437 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:59:00 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 7 (2442 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:59:01 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 2 (2417 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:59:01 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 3 (2422 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3289233408
Jul 12 14:59:02 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 4 (2427 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:59:03 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 5 (2432 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:59:04 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 8 (2447 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:59:05 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 9 (2452 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:59:06 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 10 (2457 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:59:10 link kernel: ath0: device timeout
Jul 12 14:59:10 link kernel: ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3231908395
Jul 12 14:59:11 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 1 (2412 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3233070656
Jul 12 14:59:12 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 6 (2437 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:59:13 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 7 (2442 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3233070656
Jul 12 14:59:14 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 2 (2417 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:59:15 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 3 (2422 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:59:16 link kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3868687084
Jul 12 14:59:16 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 4 (2427 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 0
Jul 12 14:59:17 link kernel: ath0: ath_chan_set: unable to reset channel 11 (2462 Mhz, flags 0x480 hal flags 0xc0), hal status 3828804624
Jul 12 14:59:22 link kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3868539700
Jul 12 14:59:32 link kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3868539700
Jul 12 14:59:42 link kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3868539700
Jul 12 15:00:22 link last message repeated 4 times
Jul 12 15:00:32 link kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3868539700
Jul 12 15:00:42 link kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3868539700
Jul 12 15:00:52 link kernel: ath0: unable to reset hardware; hal status 3868539700


wpa_supplicant is trying to access the card and switching channels, I
suppose.

A workaround that I'm using all the time is:
1) boot the notebook without the PCMCIA card
2) after gdm appears, insert the card

Also see:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/120376

In this PR I also described that you can panic the system,
while trying to fix the situation by reinserting the card.
But I found out, that you can always panic the system when
ejecting the card and wpa_supplicant is running.

-- 
Gruß,
Martin Sugioarto

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