Kernel issue causes wifi interface failure

[dn]

Hardware: Lenovo yoga 920

PCI and Wifi interface errors cause wifi kernel driver to failure which requires restarting networkmanager and a power management suspend/wakeup for the wifi interface to work up. Occasionally it requires a full reboot as it won't work at all or it crashes the system.

A smattering of the common errors:
Apr 9 13:19:11 videodrome kernel: [94618.356210] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Data Link Layer, (Transmitter ID)
Apr 9 13:19:11 videodrome kernel: [94618.356220] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: device [8086:9d14] error status/mask=00001000/00002000
Apr 9 13:19:11 videodrome kernel: [94618.356227] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: [12] Replay Timer Timeout
Apr 9 13:19:13 videodrome kernel: [94619.790915] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: AER: Corrected error received: 0000:00:1c.4

Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389220] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 702 at /build/linux-hwe-4PejID/linux-hwe-4.18.0/net/mac80211/sta_info.c:1004 __sta_info_destroy_part2+0x16e/0x180 [mac80211]
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389221] Modules linked in: ccm rfcomm thunderbolt hid_sensor_accel_3d hid_sensor_als hid_sensor_trigger industrialio_triggered_buffer kfifo_buf hid_sensor_iio_common industrialio hid_sensor_custom joydev wacom usbhid hid_multitouch hid_sensor_hub bnep snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic 8250_dw hid_generic arc4 nls_iso8859_1 snd_soc_skl snd_soc_skl_ipc snd_soc_sst_ipc snd_soc_sst_dsp snd_hda_ext_core snd_soc_acpi snd_soc_core snd_compress ac97_bus snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_hwdep snd_pcm intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp intel_wmi_thunderbolt wmi_bmof coretemp kvm snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event irqbypass snd_rawmidi crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel pcbc i915 snd_seq aesni_intel snd_seq_device aes_x86_64
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389287] crypto_simd ath10k_pci cryptd glue_helper snd_timer ath10k_core drm_kms_helper intel_cstate drm btusb intel_rapl_perf btrtl ath btbcm btintel uvcvideo mac80211 bluetooth i2c_algo_bit snd input_leds videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops serio_raw videobuf2_v4l2 fb_sys_fops videobuf2_common idma64 videodev mei_me syscopyarea virt_dma media cfg80211 ucsi_acpi sysfillrect ideapad_laptop processor_thermal_device ecdh_generic soundcore intel_lpss_pci typec_ucsi sparse_keymap mei intel_pch_thermal sysimgblt intel_lpss intel_soc_dts_iosf typec wmi int3403_thermal int340x_thermal_zone video mac_hid int3400_thermal acpi_pad acpi_thermal_rel sch_fq_codel parport_pc ppdev lp parport ip_tables x_tables autofs4 nvme nvme_core i2c_hid hid
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389370] CPU: 1 PID: 702 Comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 4.18.0-17-generic #18~18.04.1-Ubuntu
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389372] Hardware name: LENOVO 80Y7/LNVNB161216, BIOS 5NCN36WW 12/24/2017
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389399] RIP: 0010:__sta_info_destroy_part2+0x16e/0x180 [mac80211]
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389401] Code: bb 0c 01 00 00 00 0f 84 2e ff ff ff 45 31 c0 b9 01 00 00 00 48 89 da 4c 89 ee 4c 89 e7 e8 ca a9 ff ff 85 c0 0f 84 10 ff ff ff <0f> 0b e9 09 ff ff ff 90 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389465] RSP: 0018:ffff992e420f77e0 EFLAGS: 00010282
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389469] RAX: 00000000ffffff94 RBX: ffff8cff231a8000 RCX: 0000000000000000
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389471] RDX: ffff8cff1ea28000 RSI: 00000000fffffe01 RDI: 0000000000000000
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389473] RBP: ffff992e420f7800 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000004
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389475] R10: ffffdf460fa0ba00 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8cff27b40760
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389477] R13: ffff8cff2b1c4900 R14: ffff8cff2b1c4900 R15: ffff8cff27b40cb0
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389481] FS: 00007fad72992800(0000) GS:ffff8cff41c40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389483] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389485] CR2: 00007f15d5172020 CR3: 00000004aa95a002 CR4: 00000000003606e0
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389487] Call Trace:
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389515] __sta_info_flush+0x12b/0x180 [mac80211]
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389552] ieee80211_set_disassoc+0xbd/0x5d0 [mac80211]
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389561] ? __kmalloc+0x210/0x250
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389595] ieee80211_mgd_auth+0x258/0x3a0 [mac80211]
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389625] ieee80211_auth+0x18/0x20 [mac80211]
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389668] cfg80211_mlme_auth+0x103/0x210 [cfg80211]
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389696] nl80211_authenticate+0x2f0/0x350 [cfg80211]
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389706] genl_family_rcv_msg+0x1fe/0x3f0
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389712] genl_rcv_msg+0x4c/0x90
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389717] ? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x3f0/0x3f0
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389721] netlink_rcv_skb+0x54/0x130
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389726] genl_rcv+0x28/0x40
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389731] netlink_unicast+0x1ab/0x250
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389735] netlink_sendmsg+0x2d1/0x3d0
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389741] sock_sendmsg+0x3e/0x50
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389745] ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a0/0x2f0
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389750] ? sock_destroy_inode+0x2f/0x40
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389755] ? destroy_inode+0x3e/0x60
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389760] ? __check_object_size+0xac/0x1a0
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389764] ? sock_ioctl+0x1e8/0x340
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389771] ? __dentry_kill+0x12d/0x170
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389776] __sys_sendmsg+0x63/0xa0
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389780] ? __sys_sendmsg+0x63/0xa0
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389786] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1f/0x30
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389792] do_syscall_64+0x5a/0x120
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389798] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389801] RIP: 0033:0x7fad71167d04
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389802] Code: 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b5 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 8d 05 01 dc 2c 00 8b 00 85 c0 75 13 b8 2e 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 54 f3 c3 66 90 41 54 55 41 89 d4 53 48 89 f5
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389866] RSP: 002b:00007fff608bbf78 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389870] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000563ac5352b70 RCX: 00007fad71167d04
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389872] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007fff608bbfb0 RDI: 0000000000000006
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389874] RBP: 0000563ac53c71e0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fad71430c40
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389876] R10: 0000000000000007 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000563ac5352a80
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389878] R13: 00007fff608bbfb0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00000000ffffffff
Apr 9 09:25:58 videodrome kernel: [80623.389882] ---[ end trace 4e8d2874ec42d9d9 ]---

Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.567997] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 20625 at /build/linux-hwe-4PejID/linux-hwe-4.18.0/net/mac80211/driver-ops.c:39 drv_stop+0xed/0x100 [mac80211]
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.567997] Modules linked in: ccm rfcomm thunderbolt hid_sensor_accel_3d hid_sensor_als hid_sensor_trigger industrialio_triggered_buffer kfifo_buf hid_sensor_iio_common industrialio hid_sensor_custom joydev wacom usbhid hid_multitouch hid_sensor_hub bnep snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic 8250_dw hid_generic arc4 nls_iso8859_1 snd_soc_skl snd_soc_skl_ipc snd_soc_sst_ipc snd_soc_sst_dsp snd_hda_ext_core snd_soc_acpi snd_soc_core snd_compress ac97_bus snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core snd_hwdep snd_pcm intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp intel_wmi_thunderbolt wmi_bmof coretemp kvm snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event irqbypass snd_rawmidi crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel pcbc i915 snd_seq aesni_intel snd_seq_device aes_x86_64
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568019] crypto_simd ath10k_pci cryptd glue_helper snd_timer ath10k_core drm_kms_helper intel_cstate drm btusb intel_rapl_perf btrtl ath btbcm btintel uvcvideo mac80211 bluetooth i2c_algo_bit snd input_leds videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops serio_raw videobuf2_v4l2 fb_sys_fops videobuf2_common idma64 videodev mei_me syscopyarea virt_dma media cfg80211 ucsi_acpi sysfillrect ideapad_laptop processor_thermal_device ecdh_generic soundcore intel_lpss_pci typec_ucsi sparse_keymap mei intel_pch_thermal sysimgblt intel_lpss intel_soc_dts_iosf typec wmi int3403_thermal int340x_thermal_zone video mac_hid int3400_thermal acpi_pad acpi_thermal_rel sch_fq_codel parport_pc ppdev lp parport ip_tables x_tables autofs4 nvme nvme_core i2c_hid hid
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568047] CPU: 7 PID: 20625 Comm: kworker/7:0 Tainted: G W 4.18.0-17-generic #18~18.04.1-Ubuntu
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568047] Hardware name: LENOVO 80Y7/LNVNB161216, BIOS 5NCN36WW 12/24/2017
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568055] Workqueue: events_freezable ieee80211_restart_work [mac80211]
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568063] RIP: 0010:drv_stop+0xed/0x100 [mac80211]
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568063] Code: 09 00 4d 85 e4 74 1e 49 8b 04 24 49 8b 7c 24 08 49 83 c4 18 48 89 de e8 01 77 af e7 49 8b 04 24 48 85 c0 75 e6 e9 51 ff ff ff <0f> 0b 5b 41 5c 5d c3 66 90 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568087] RSP: 0018:ffff992e47527c30 EFLAGS: 00010246
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568089] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8cff27b40760 RCX: 0000000000000000
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568090] RDX: ffff8cfe3a3c4680 RSI: 0000000000000286 RDI: ffff8cff27b40760
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568090] RBP: ffff992e47527c40 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568091] R10: ffff992e47527c50 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8cff27b40ff0
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568092] R13: ffff8cff27b40ee8 R14: ffff8cff27b40760 R15: ffff8cff2b1c53d0
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568093] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8cff41dc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568094] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568094] CR2: 00007f97218d3000 CR3: 0000000285a0a003 CR4: 00000000003606e0
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568095] Call Trace:
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568105] ieee80211_stop_device+0x43/0x50 [mac80211]
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568115] ieee80211_do_stop+0x4c9/0x7f0 [mac80211]
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568123] ieee80211_stop+0x1a/0x20 [mac80211]
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568125] __dev_close_many+0xa5/0x120
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568126] dev_close_many+0x8c/0x140
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568128] ? do_invalid_op+0x20/0x30
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568129] dev_close.part.92+0x4a/0x70
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568131] dev_close+0x19/0x20
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568139] cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x77/0xd0 [cfg80211]
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568150] ieee80211_handle_reconfig_failure+0x98/0xb0 [mac80211]
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568159] ieee80211_reconfig+0x230/0xfd0 [mac80211]
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568167] ieee80211_restart_work+0xc0/0xf0 [mac80211]
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568169] process_one_work+0x1fd/0x3f0
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568171] worker_thread+0x34/0x410
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568173] kthread+0x121/0x140
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568175] ? process_one_work+0x3f0/0x3f0
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568176] ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x70/0x70
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568178] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
Apr 9 10:29:29 videodrome kernel: [84435.568179] ---[ end trace 4e8d2874ec42da17 ]---

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: linux-image-4.18.0-17-generic 4.18.0-17.18~18.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-17.18~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:GNOME
Date: Tue Apr 9 14:50:36 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-03-18 (22 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-signed-hwe
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[dn (don-neumann)]

This bug also causes resume from suspend to fail.

[dn (don-neumann)]

This bug persists even after upgrade to the latest kernel updated, 4.18.0-18 and replacing the system firmware at /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-6.bin with the latest firmware from
the ath10k firmware github repository: https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA6174/hw3.0/4.4.1

[dn (don-neumann)]

I updated the firmware to 4.4.1.c3 from:
https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA6174/hw3.0
and now it doesn't crash anymore.

However I will note I get these frequently:
May 29 19:48:13 videodrome kernel: [359129.946827] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: AER: Corrected error received: 0000:00:1c.4
May 29 19:48:13 videodrome kernel: [359129.946832] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Data Link Layer, (Transmitter ID)
May 29 19:48:13 videodrome kernel: [359129.946836] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: device [8086:9d14] error status/mask=00001000/00002000
May 29 19:48:13 videodrome kernel: [359129.946839] pcieport 0000:00:1c.4: [12] Replay Timer Timeout

Closing this.

[Craig Harding (craigwharding)]

@dn I'm having same issues with ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS and getting same 'pcieport' errors. Have you upgraded from 18.04 to something newer since your comment back in 2019?

[dn (don-neumann)]

@craigwharding No, haven't upgraded and I'm still using the same firmware I posted about in 2019. There are newer firmware versions available on that github which I haven't tried, so if you find a better solution or a firmware which doesn't cause errors, please let us all know.