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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pcic.c13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pcic.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pcic.c
index 380f9d37b644..30d66147223f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pcic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pcic.c
@@ -218,9 +218,16 @@ int ath11k_pcic_read(struct ath11k_base *ab, void *buf, u32 start, u32 end)
if (wakeup_required && ab->pci.ops->wakeup) {
ret = ab->pci.ops->wakeup(ab);
if (ret) {
- ath11k_warn(ab, "failed to wakeup for read from 0x%x: %d\n",
- start, ret);
- return ret;
+ ath11k_warn(ab,
+ "wakeup failed, data may be invalid: %d",
+ ret);
+ /* Even though wakeup() failed, continue processing rather
+ * than returning because some parts of the data may still
+ * be valid and useful in some cases, e.g. could give us
+ * some clues on firmware crash.
+ * Mislead due to invalid data could be avoided because we
+ * are aware of the wakeup failure.
+ */
}
}