From f5e0b20f6c6d548d985acdd620c5110776c915c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felix Fietkau Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:58:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] wifi: mt76: mt7996: program a link again if the driver holds it The firmware needs the driver to remove active links from the BSSINFO table when it destroys the interface. A link therefore stays registered from its first chanctx assignment until the interface goes away. If the driver holds the link already, a second add does nothing. mac80211 gives a non-AP MLD a new address each time it sets a link up. A link that comes back after a failed attempt thus carries an address that the hardware does not know, on a BSS that the driver never programs again. The station then authenticates from an address that nothing answers. The failure repeats until the driver tears the interface down for good. Program the address and the BSS again. This is the pair that the initial add sets up. For a station it does what mt7996_mcu_mld_link_oper() does for an AP. Fixes: 08813703ac41 ("wifi: mt76: mt7996: Destroy vif active links in mt7996_remove_interface()") Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260818125825.395538-1-nbd@nbd.name Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau --- drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c index e218856b0c45..d17d1dbb2038 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c @@ -310,7 +310,14 @@ int mt7996_vif_link_add(struct mt76_phy *mphy, struct ieee80211_vif *vif, if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) return mt7996_mcu_mld_link_oper(dev, link_conf, link, true); - return 0; + + /* update the link address */ + ret = mt7996_mcu_add_dev_info(phy, vif, link_conf, mlink, true); + if (ret) + return ret; + + return mt7996_mcu_add_bss_info(phy, vif, link_conf, mlink, + msta_link, true); } mlink->idx = __ffs64(~dev->mt76.vif_mask);