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    Revert "wlcore: Add missing PM call for wlcore_cmd_wait_for_event_or_timeout()" · 494fedde
    Sasha Levin authored
    This reverts commit 3fdd3464 which was
    upstream commit 4ec7cece87b3ed21ffcd407c62fb2f151a366bc1.
    
    From Dietmar May's report on the stable mailing list
    (https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg272201.html):
    
    > I've run into some problems which appear due to (a) recent patch(es) on
    > the wlcore wifi driver.
    >
    > 4.4.160 - commit 3fdd3464
    > 4.9.131 - commit afeeecc7
    >
    > Earlier versions (4.9.130 and 4.4.159 - tested back to 4.4.49) do not
    > exhibit this problem. It is still present in 4.9.141.
    >
    > master as of 4.20.0-rc4 does not exhibit this problem.
    >
    > Basically, during client association when in AP mode (running hostapd),
    > handshake may or may not complete following a noticeable delay. If
    > successful, then the driver fails consistently in warn_slowpath_null
    > during disassociation. If unsuccessful, the wifi client attempts multiple
    > times, sometimes failing repeatedly. I've had clients unable to connect
    > for 3-5 minutes during testing, with the syslog filled with dozens of
    > backtraces. syslog details are below.
    >
    > I'm working on an embedded device with a TI 3352 ARM processor and a
    > murata wl1271 module in sdio mode. We're running a fully patched ubuntu
    > 18.04 ARM build, with a kernel built from kernel.org's stable/linux repo <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=linux-4.9.y&id=afeeecc764436f31d4447575bb9007732333818c
    
    >.
    > Relevant parts of the kernel config are included below.
    >
    > The commit message states:
    >
    > > /I've only seen this few times with the runtime PM patches enabled so
    > > this one is probably not needed before that. This seems to work
    > > currently based on the current PM implementation timer. Let's apply
    > > this separately though in case others are hitting this issue./
    > We're not doing anything explicit with power management. The device is an
    > IoT edge gateway with battery backup, normally running on wall power. The
    > battery is currently used solely to shut down the system cleanly to avoid
    > filesystem corruption.
    >
    > The device tree is configured to keep power in suspend; but the device
    > should never suspend, so in our case, there is no need to call
    > wl1271_ps_elp_wakeup() or wl1271_ps_elp_sleep(), as occurs in the patch.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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