Merge branch 'for-current' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ath/ath.git

11 files changed, 293 insertions, 61 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c
index 742d4fd1b598..e87165e4f4b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c
@@ -1544,6 +1544,8 @@ static void ath12k_core_pre_reconfigure_recovery(struct ath12k_base *ab)
 		}
 
 		wiphy_unlock(ah->hw->wiphy);
+
+		complete(&ah->peer_ml_id_done);
 	}
 
 	wake_up(&ab->wmi_ab.tx_credits_wq);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h
index fc5127b5c1a3..30726e580833 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 
 #define ATH12K_MAX_MLO_PEERS            256
 #define ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_INVALID      0xFFFF
+#define ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_PENDING      0xFFFE
 
 #define ATH12K_INVALID_RSSI_FULL -1
 #define ATH12K_INVALID_RSSI_EMPTY -128
@@ -793,6 +794,8 @@ struct ath12k_hw {
 	enum ath12k_hw_state state;
 	bool regd_updated;
 	bool use_6ghz_regd;
+	bool host_alloc_ml_id;
+	struct completion peer_ml_id_done;
 
 	u8 num_radio;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_htt.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_htt.c
index 52e10059c6d5..68968f96b4f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_htt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_htt.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "core.h"
 #include "peer.h"
+#include "dp_peer.h"
 #include "htc.h"
 #include "dp_htt.h"
 #include "debugfs_htt_stats.h"
@@ -575,6 +576,51 @@ exit:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
+static void ath12k_dp_htt_mlo_peer_map_handler(struct ath12k_base *ab,
+					       struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct htt_resp_msg *resp = (struct htt_resp_msg *)skb->data;
+	struct htt_t2h_mlo_peer_map_event *ev = &resp->mlo_peer_map_ev;
+	u16 raw_peer_id, peer_id, addr_h16;
+	u8 peer_addr[ETH_ALEN];
+	int ret;
+
+	if (skb->len < sizeof(*ev)) {
+		ath12k_warn(ab, "unexpected htt mlo peer map event len %u\n",
+			    skb->len);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	raw_peer_id = le32_get_bits(ev->info0,
+				    HTT_T2H_MLO_PEER_MAP_INFO0_MLO_PEER_ID);
+	peer_id = raw_peer_id | ATH12K_PEER_ML_ID_VALID;
+
+	addr_h16 = le32_get_bits(ev->info1,
+				 HTT_T2H_MLO_PEER_MAP_INFO1_MAC_ADDR_H16);
+	ath12k_dp_get_mac_addr(le32_to_cpu(ev->mac_addr_l32), addr_h16,
+			       peer_addr);
+
+	ath12k_dbg(ab, ATH12K_DBG_DP_HTT, "htt mlo peer map peer %pM id %u\n",
+		   peer_addr, peer_id);
+
+	/*
+	 * Fix up the dp_peer entry created with ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_PENDING
+	 * earlier; on chips with host_alloc_ml_id == false this is the only
+	 * point at which the host learns the firmware-assigned ID. Chips
+	 * that allocate the ID on the host also receive this event but the
+	 * firmware-reported ID matches the host-allocated one, so there is
+	 * nothing to fix up.
+	 */
+	if (!ab->hw_params->host_alloc_ml_id) {
+		ret = ath12k_dp_peer_fixup_peer_id(ab, peer_addr,
+						   peer_id);
+		if (ret)
+			ath12k_warn(ab,
+				    "failed to fix up peer id %u for dp peer %pM: %d\n",
+				    peer_id, peer_addr, ret);
+	}
+}
+
 void ath12k_dp_htt_htc_t2h_msg_handler(struct ath12k_base *ab,
 				       struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
@@ -659,6 +705,9 @@ void ath12k_dp_htt_htc_t2h_msg_handler(struct ath12k_base *ab,
 	case HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_MLO_TIMESTAMP_OFFSET_IND:
 		ath12k_htt_mlo_offset_event_handler(ab, skb);
 		break;
+	case HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_MLO_RX_PEER_MAP:
+		ath12k_dp_htt_mlo_peer_map_handler(ab, skb);
+		break;
 	default:
 		ath12k_dbg(ab, ATH12K_DBG_DP_HTT, "dp_htt event %d not handled\n",
 			   type);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_htt.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_htt.h
index 987689f11cda..2db7fb27c036 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_htt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_htt.h
@@ -930,6 +930,7 @@ enum htt_t2h_msg_type {
 	HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_EXT_STATS_CONF = 0x1c,
 	HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_BKPRESSURE_EVENT_IND = 0x24,
 	HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_MLO_TIMESTAMP_OFFSET_IND = 0x28,
+	HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_MLO_RX_PEER_MAP = 0x29,
 	HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_PEER_MAP3	= 0x2b,
 	HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_VDEV_TXRX_STATS_PERIODIC_IND = 0x2c,
 };
@@ -974,11 +975,22 @@ struct htt_t2h_peer_unmap_event {
 	__le32 info1;
 } __packed;
 
+#define HTT_T2H_MLO_PEER_MAP_INFO0_MLO_PEER_ID		GENMASK(23, 8)
+#define HTT_T2H_MLO_PEER_MAP_INFO1_MAC_ADDR_H16		GENMASK(15, 0)
+
+struct htt_t2h_mlo_peer_map_event {
+	__le32 info0;
+	__le32 mac_addr_l32;
+	__le32 info1;
+	__le32 reserved[5];
+} __packed;
+
 struct htt_resp_msg {
 	union {
 		struct htt_t2h_version_conf_msg version_msg;
 		struct htt_t2h_peer_map_event peer_map_ev;
 		struct htt_t2h_peer_unmap_event peer_unmap_ev;
+		struct htt_t2h_mlo_peer_map_event mlo_peer_map_ev;
 	};
 } __packed;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_peer.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_peer.c
index a12073afc307..bb5341b4251a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_peer.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_peer.c
@@ -475,7 +475,9 @@ int ath12k_dp_peer_create(struct ath12k_dp_hw *dp_hw, u8 *addr,
 	dp_peer->is_mlo = params->is_mlo;
 
 	/*
-	 * For MLO client, the host assigns the ML peer ID, so set peer_id in dp_peer
+	 * For MLO client, the ML peer ID, either known or PENDING, needs to be
+	 * initialized here since the following logic depends on it.
+	 *
 	 * For non-MLO client, host gets link peer ID from firmware and will be
 	 * assigned at the time of link peer creation
 	 */
@@ -491,13 +493,17 @@ int ath12k_dp_peer_create(struct ath12k_dp_hw *dp_hw, u8 *addr,
 	list_add(&dp_peer->list, &dp_hw->dp_peers_list);
 
 	/*
-	 * For MLO client, the peer_id for ath12k_dp_peer is allocated by host
-	 * and that peer_id is known at this point, and hence this ath12k_dp_peer
-	 * can be added to the RCU table using the peer_id.
-	 * For non-MLO client, this addition to RCU table shall be done at the
-	 * time of assignment of ath12k_dp_link_peer to ath12k_dp_peer.
+	 * For an MLO client whose ML peer ID is allocated by the host, the
+	 * peer_id is known here and the dp_peer can be added to the RCU
+	 * table using it. For an MLO client on chips where the firmware
+	 * allocates the ID, peer_id is ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_PENDING and the
+	 * RCU table publish is deferred to the
+	 * HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_MLO_RX_PEER_MAP handler. For a non-MLO client
+	 * the publish happens later, at the time of assignment of
+	 * ath12k_dp_link_peer to ath12k_dp_peer.
 	 */
-	if (dp_peer->is_mlo)
+	if (dp_peer->is_mlo &&
+	    dp_peer->peer_id != ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_PENDING)
 		rcu_assign_pointer(dp_hw->dp_peers[dp_peer->peer_id], dp_peer);
 
 	spin_unlock_bh(&dp_hw->peer_lock);
@@ -518,7 +524,8 @@ void ath12k_dp_peer_delete(struct ath12k_dp_hw *dp_hw, u8 *addr,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (dp_peer->is_mlo)
+	if (dp_peer->is_mlo &&
+	    dp_peer->peer_id != ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_PENDING)
 		rcu_assign_pointer(dp_hw->dp_peers[dp_peer->peer_id], NULL);
 
 	list_del(&dp_peer->list);
@@ -695,3 +702,55 @@ void ath12k_dp_link_peer_reset_rx_stats(struct ath12k_dp *dp, const u8 *addr)
 	if (rx_stats)
 		memset(rx_stats, 0, sizeof(*rx_stats));
 }
+
+int ath12k_dp_peer_fixup_peer_id(struct ath12k_base *ab,
+				 const u8 *peer_addr, u16 peer_id)
+{
+	struct ath12k_dp_link_peer *link_peer;
+	struct ath12k_dp_peer *dp_peer = NULL;
+	struct ath12k_hw_group *ag = ab->ag;
+	struct ath12k_dp_hw *dp_hw = NULL;
+	struct ath12k_hw *ah;
+	int i;
+
+	if (peer_id >= (ATH12K_PEER_ML_ID_VALID | ATH12K_MAX_MLO_PEERS))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ag->num_hw; i++) {
+		ah = ag->ah[i];
+		if (!ah)
+			continue;
+
+		spin_lock_bh(&ah->dp_hw.peer_lock);
+		dp_peer = ath12k_dp_peer_find_by_addr(&ah->dp_hw,
+						      (u8 *)peer_addr);
+		if (dp_peer) {
+			dp_hw = &ah->dp_hw;
+			break;
+		}
+		spin_unlock_bh(&ah->dp_hw.peer_lock);
+	}
+
+	if (!dp_peer)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	/* dp_hw->peer_lock is held */
+
+	dp_peer->peer_id = peer_id;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(dp_hw->dp_peers[peer_id], dp_peer);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ATH12K_NUM_MAX_LINKS; i++) {
+		link_peer = rcu_dereference_protected(dp_peer->link_peers[i],
+						      lockdep_is_held(&dp_hw->peer_lock));
+		if (link_peer)
+			link_peer->ml_id = peer_id;
+	}
+
+	ath12k_sta_to_ahsta(dp_peer->sta)->ml_peer_id = peer_id;
+
+	spin_unlock_bh(&dp_hw->peer_lock);
+
+	complete(&ah->peer_ml_id_done);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_peer.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_peer.h
index 7c9709bf717b..3503840b0329 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_peer.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_peer.h
@@ -181,4 +181,6 @@ struct ath12k_dp_peer *ath12k_dp_peer_find_by_peerid(struct ath12k_pdev_dp *dp_p
 struct ath12k_dp_link_peer *
 ath12k_dp_link_peer_find_by_peerid(struct ath12k_pdev_dp *dp_pdev, u16 peer_id);
 void ath12k_dp_link_peer_free(struct ath12k_dp_link_peer *peer);
+int ath12k_dp_peer_fixup_peer_id(struct ath12k_base *ab, const u8 *peer_addr,
+				 u16 peer_id);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/hw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/hw.h
index 86fb8b719613..8d2fa0bfb96c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/hw.h
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ struct ath12k_hw_params {
 		u32 max_client_dbs;
 		u32 max_client_dbs_sbs;
 	} client;
+
+	bool host_alloc_ml_id;
 };
 
 struct ath12k_hw_ops {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
index 51c4df32e716..a0928890671a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
@@ -1282,13 +1282,17 @@ void ath12k_mac_dp_peer_cleanup(struct ath12k_hw *ah)
 	struct ath12k_dp_peer *dp_peer, *tmp;
 	struct ath12k_dp_hw *dp_hw = &ah->dp_hw;
 
+	lockdep_assert_wiphy(ah->hw->wiphy);
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&peers);
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&dp_hw->peer_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(dp_peer, tmp, &dp_hw->dp_peers_list, list) {
 		if (dp_peer->is_mlo) {
-			rcu_assign_pointer(dp_hw->dp_peers[dp_peer->peer_id], NULL);
-			clear_bit(dp_peer->peer_id, ah->free_ml_peer_id_map);
+			if (dp_peer->peer_id != ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_PENDING)
+				rcu_assign_pointer(dp_hw->dp_peers[dp_peer->peer_id],
+						   NULL);
+			ath12k_peer_ml_free(ah, ath12k_sta_to_ahsta(dp_peer->sta));
 		}
 
 		list_move(&dp_peer->list, &peers);
@@ -3531,11 +3535,16 @@ static void ath12k_peer_assoc_h_mlo(struct ath12k_link_sta *arsta,
 	struct ath12k_sta *ahsta = arsta->ahsta;
 	struct ath12k_link_sta *arsta_p;
 	struct ath12k_link_vif *arvif;
+	struct ath12k_hw *ah = arsta->arvif->ar->ah;
 	unsigned long links;
 	u8 link_id;
 	int i;
 
-	if (!sta->mlo || ahsta->ml_peer_id == ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_INVALID)
+	if (!sta->mlo)
+		return;
+
+	if (ah->host_alloc_ml_id &&
+	    ahsta->ml_peer_id == ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_INVALID)
 		return;
 
 	ml->enabled = true;
@@ -3543,12 +3552,25 @@ static void ath12k_peer_assoc_h_mlo(struct ath12k_link_sta *arsta,
 
 	/* For now considering the primary umac based on assoc link */
 	ml->primary_umac = arsta->is_assoc_link;
-	ml->peer_id_valid = true;
+	/*
+	 * Only chips that allocate the MLD peer ID on the host send a valid
+	 * ml_peer_id in WMI_PEER_ASSOC_CMDID. For chips where the firmware
+	 * picks the ID, leave peer_id_valid false to avoid unexpected issues.
+	 */
+	ml->peer_id_valid = ah->host_alloc_ml_id;
 	ml->logical_link_idx_valid = true;
 
 	ether_addr_copy(ml->mld_addr, sta->addr);
 	ml->logical_link_idx = arsta->link_idx;
-	ml->ml_peer_id = ahsta->ml_peer_id;
+	/*
+	 * WMI_MLO_PEER_ASSOC_PARAMS expects the raw ML peer ID without
+	 * the host-side ATH12K_PEER_ML_ID_VALID bookkeeping bit. For chips
+	 * where the firmware allocates the ID, the field is unused (the
+	 * firmware always allocates regardless of the value here); send 0
+	 * to make that intent explicit.
+	 */
+	ml->ml_peer_id = ah->host_alloc_ml_id ?
+			 (ahsta->ml_peer_id & ~ATH12K_PEER_ML_ID_VALID) : 0;
 	ml->ieee_link_id = arsta->link_id;
 	ml->num_partner_links = 0;
 	ml->eml_cap = sta->eml_cap;
@@ -3595,8 +3617,6 @@ static void ath12k_peer_assoc_prepare(struct ath12k *ar,
 
 	memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
 
-	reinit_completion(&ar->peer_assoc_done);
-
 	arg->peer_new_assoc = !reassoc;
 	ath12k_peer_assoc_h_basic(ar, arvif, arsta, arg);
 	ath12k_peer_assoc_h_crypto(ar, arvif, arsta, arg);
@@ -3836,6 +3856,52 @@ static u32 ath12k_mac_ieee80211_sta_bw_to_wmi(struct ath12k *ar,
 	return bw;
 }
 
+static int ath12k_mac_peer_assoc(struct ath12k *ar,
+				 struct ath12k_wmi_peer_assoc_arg *peer_arg)
+{
+	struct ath12k_hw *ah = ath12k_ar_to_ah(ar);
+	int ret;
+
+	reinit_completion(&ar->peer_assoc_done);
+	reinit_completion(&ah->peer_ml_id_done);
+
+	ret = ath12k_wmi_send_peer_assoc_cmd(ar, peer_arg);
+	if (ret) {
+		ath12k_warn(ar->ab, "failed to run peer assoc for %pM vdev %i: %d\n",
+			    peer_arg->peer_mac, peer_arg->vdev_id, ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&ar->peer_assoc_done, 1 * HZ)) {
+		ath12k_warn(ar->ab, "failed to get peer assoc conf event for %pM vdev %i\n",
+			    peer_arg->peer_mac, peer_arg->vdev_id);
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * For devices where the firmware allocates the MLD peer ID, the host
+	 * learns the real ID only from the MLO_RX_PEER_MAP HTT event, which is
+	 * handled in a softirq (BH workqueue) context that cannot take the
+	 * wiphy lock. Block here, while still holding the wiphy lock, until
+	 * that event has fixed up the ID. This serialises the fixup against
+	 * all other wiphy-locked ml_peer_id accesses.
+	 *
+	 * The firmware sends the event only once, in response to the assoc-link
+	 * peer assoc, so block only for that link.
+	 */
+	if (!ah->host_alloc_ml_id &&
+	    peer_arg->is_assoc &&
+	    peer_arg->ml.enabled &&
+	    peer_arg->ml.assoc_link &&
+	    !wait_for_completion_timeout(&ah->peer_ml_id_done, 1 * HZ)) {
+		ath12k_warn(ar->ab, "failed to get MLO peer map event for %pM vdev %i\n",
+			    peer_arg->peer_mac, peer_arg->vdev_id);
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void ath12k_bss_assoc(struct ath12k *ar,
 			     struct ath12k_link_vif *arvif,
 			     struct ieee80211_bss_conf *bss_conf)
@@ -3916,18 +3982,10 @@ static void ath12k_bss_assoc(struct ath12k *ar,
 	}
 
 	peer_arg->is_assoc = true;
-	ret = ath12k_wmi_send_peer_assoc_cmd(ar, peer_arg);
-	if (ret) {
-		ath12k_warn(ar->ab, "failed to run peer assoc for %pM vdev %i: %d\n",
-			    bss_conf->bssid, arvif->vdev_id, ret);
-		return;
-	}
 
-	if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&ar->peer_assoc_done, 1 * HZ)) {
-		ath12k_warn(ar->ab, "failed to get peer assoc conf event for %pM vdev %i\n",
-			    bss_conf->bssid, arvif->vdev_id);
+	ret = ath12k_mac_peer_assoc(ar, peer_arg);
+	if (ret)
 		return;
-	}
 
 	ret = ath12k_setup_peer_smps(ar, arvif, bss_conf->bssid,
 				     &link_sta->ht_cap, &link_sta->he_6ghz_capa);
@@ -6481,18 +6539,10 @@ static int ath12k_mac_station_assoc(struct ath12k *ar,
 	}
 
 	peer_arg->is_assoc = true;
-	ret = ath12k_wmi_send_peer_assoc_cmd(ar, peer_arg);
-	if (ret) {
-		ath12k_warn(ar->ab, "failed to run peer assoc for STA %pM vdev %i: %d\n",
-			    arsta->addr, arvif->vdev_id, ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
 
-	if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&ar->peer_assoc_done, 1 * HZ)) {
-		ath12k_warn(ar->ab, "failed to get peer assoc conf event for %pM vdev %i\n",
-			    arsta->addr, arvif->vdev_id);
-		return -ETIMEDOUT;
-	}
+	ret = ath12k_mac_peer_assoc(ar, peer_arg);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	num_vht_rates = ath12k_mac_bitrate_mask_num_vht_rates(ar, band, mask);
 	num_he_rates = ath12k_mac_bitrate_mask_num_he_rates(ar, band, mask);
@@ -6841,14 +6891,8 @@ static void ath12k_sta_rc_update_wk(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wiphy_work *wk)
 						  peer_arg, true);
 
 			peer_arg->is_assoc = false;
-			err = ath12k_wmi_send_peer_assoc_cmd(ar, peer_arg);
-			if (err)
-				ath12k_warn(ar->ab, "failed to run peer assoc for STA %pM vdev %i: %d\n",
-					    arsta->addr, arvif->vdev_id, err);
 
-			if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&ar->peer_assoc_done, 1 * HZ))
-				ath12k_warn(ar->ab, "failed to get peer assoc conf event for %pM vdev %i\n",
-					    arsta->addr, arvif->vdev_id);
+			ath12k_mac_peer_assoc(ar, peer_arg);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -7266,10 +7310,8 @@ static void ath12k_mac_ml_station_remove(struct ath12k_vif *ahvif,
 		ath12k_mac_free_unassign_link_sta(ah, ahsta, link_id);
 	}
 
-	if (sta->mlo) {
-		clear_bit(ahsta->ml_peer_id, ah->free_ml_peer_id_map);
-		ahsta->ml_peer_id = ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_INVALID;
-	}
+	if (sta->mlo)
+		ath12k_peer_ml_free(ah, ahsta);
 }
 
 static int ath12k_mac_handle_link_sta_state(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
@@ -7733,15 +7775,23 @@ int ath12k_mac_op_sta_state(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		/* ML sta */
 		if (sta->mlo && !ahsta->links_map &&
 		    (hweight16(sta->valid_links) == 1)) {
-			ahsta->ml_peer_id = ath12k_peer_ml_alloc(ah);
-			if (ahsta->ml_peer_id == ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_INVALID) {
-				ath12k_hw_warn(ah, "unable to allocate ML peer id for sta %pM",
-					       sta->addr);
-				goto exit;
+			if (ah->host_alloc_ml_id) {
+				ahsta->ml_peer_id = ath12k_peer_ml_alloc(ah);
+				if (ahsta->ml_peer_id == ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_INVALID) {
+					ath12k_hw_warn(ah, "unable to allocate ML peer id for sta %pM",
+						       sta->addr);
+					goto exit;
+				}
+			} else {
+				/*
+				 * firmware allocates the ML peer ID and notifies
+				 * the host via HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_MLO_RX_PEER_MAP
+				 */
+				ahsta->ml_peer_id = ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_PENDING;
 			}
 
 			dp_params.is_mlo = true;
-			dp_params.peer_id = ahsta->ml_peer_id | ATH12K_PEER_ML_ID_VALID;
+			dp_params.peer_id = ahsta->ml_peer_id;
 		}
 
 		dp_params.sta = sta;
@@ -7878,10 +7928,8 @@ int ath12k_mac_op_sta_state(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 peer_delete:
 	ath12k_dp_peer_delete(&ah->dp_hw, sta->addr, sta);
 ml_peer_id_clear:
-	if (sta->mlo) {
-		clear_bit(ahsta->ml_peer_id, ah->free_ml_peer_id_map);
-		ahsta->ml_peer_id = ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_INVALID;
-	}
+	if (sta->mlo)
+		ath12k_peer_ml_free(ah, ahsta);
 exit:
 	/* update the state if everything went well */
 	if (!ret)
@@ -15310,6 +15358,7 @@ static struct ath12k_hw *ath12k_mac_hw_allocate(struct ath12k_hw_group *ag,
 	ah->num_radio = num_pdev_map;
 
 	mutex_init(&ah->hw_mutex);
+	init_completion(&ah->peer_ml_id_done);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&ah->dp_hw.peer_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ah->dp_hw.dp_peers_list);
@@ -15384,8 +15433,9 @@ int ath12k_mac_allocate(struct ath12k_hw_group *ag)
 	int mac_id, device_id, total_radio, num_hw;
 	struct ath12k_base *ab;
 	struct ath12k_hw *ah;
-	int ret, i, j;
+	bool conf = false;
 	u8 radio_per_hw;
+	int ret, i, j;
 
 	total_radio = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < ag->num_devices; i++) {
@@ -15425,6 +15475,20 @@ int ath12k_mac_allocate(struct ath12k_hw_group *ag)
 			}
 
 			ab = ag->ab[device_id];
+
+			/*
+			 * the assumption is all devices within an ah
+			 * share the same host_alloc_ml_id configuration
+			 */
+			if (j == 0) {
+				conf = ab->hw_params->host_alloc_ml_id;
+			} else if (conf != ab->hw_params->host_alloc_ml_id) {
+				ath12k_warn(ab, "inconsistent ML ID config within ah, device 0 uses %s allocated ID, while device %u doesn't\n",
+					    conf ? "host" : "firmware", device_id);
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+				goto err;
+			}
+
 			pdev_map[j].ab = ab;
 			pdev_map[j].pdev_idx = mac_id;
 			mac_id++;
@@ -15449,6 +15513,7 @@ int ath12k_mac_allocate(struct ath12k_hw_group *ag)
 		}
 
 		ah->dev = ab->dev;
+		ah->host_alloc_ml_id = conf;
 
 		ag->ah[i] = ah;
 		ag->num_hw++;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/peer.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/peer.c
index 2681a047d4d5..ed0524ddff80 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/peer.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/peer.c
@@ -230,7 +230,16 @@ int ath12k_peer_create(struct ath12k *ar, struct ath12k_link_vif *arvif,
 		/* Fill ML info into created peer */
 		if (sta->mlo) {
 			ml_peer_id = ahsta->ml_peer_id;
-			peer->ml_id = ml_peer_id | ATH12K_PEER_ML_ID_VALID;
+			/*
+			 * For chips where firmware allocates the ML peer ID,
+			 * ml_peer_id is ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_PENDING here. The
+			 * MLO_RX_PEER_MAP HTT event handler fixes up
+			 * peer->ml_id once the ID is known.
+			 */
+			if (ml_peer_id == ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_PENDING)
+				peer->ml_id = ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_INVALID;
+			else
+				peer->ml_id = ml_peer_id;
 			ether_addr_copy(peer->ml_addr, sta->addr);
 
 			/* the assoc link is considered primary for now */
@@ -276,9 +285,25 @@ u16 ath12k_peer_ml_alloc(struct ath12k_hw *ah)
 	}
 
 	if (ml_peer_id == ATH12K_MAX_MLO_PEERS)
-		ml_peer_id = ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_INVALID;
+		return ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_INVALID;
 
-	return ml_peer_id;
+	return ml_peer_id | ATH12K_PEER_ML_ID_VALID;
+}
+
+void ath12k_peer_ml_free(struct ath12k_hw *ah, struct ath12k_sta *ahsta)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_wiphy(ah->hw->wiphy);
+
+	/*
+	 * Only devices that allocate the ID on the host own a slot in
+	 * free_ml_peer_id_map.
+	 */
+	if (ah->host_alloc_ml_id &&
+	    (ahsta->ml_peer_id <
+	     (ATH12K_MAX_MLO_PEERS | ATH12K_PEER_ML_ID_VALID)))
+		clear_bit(ahsta->ml_peer_id & ~ATH12K_PEER_ML_ID_VALID,
+			  ah->free_ml_peer_id_map);
+	ahsta->ml_peer_id = ATH12K_MLO_PEER_ID_INVALID;
 }
 
 int ath12k_peer_mlo_link_peers_delete(struct ath12k_vif *ahvif, struct ath12k_sta *ahsta)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/peer.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/peer.h
index 49d89796bc46..0f7f25b8e89c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/peer.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/peer.h
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ int ath12k_link_sta_rhash_add(struct ath12k_base *ab, struct ath12k_link_sta *ar
 struct ath12k_link_sta *ath12k_link_sta_find_by_addr(struct ath12k_base *ab,
 						     const u8 *addr);
 u16 ath12k_peer_ml_alloc(struct ath12k_hw *ah);
+void ath12k_peer_ml_free(struct ath12k_hw *ah, struct ath12k_sta *ahsta);
 #endif /* _PEER_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/hw.c
index d9fdd2fc8298..03dedfd907fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wifi7/hw.c
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@ static const struct ath12k_hw_params ath12k_wifi7_hw_params[] = {
 			.max_client_dbs = 128,
 			.max_client_dbs_sbs = 128,
 		},
+
+		.host_alloc_ml_id = true,
 	},
 	{
 		.name = "wcn7850 hw2.0",
@@ -533,6 +535,8 @@ static const struct ath12k_hw_params ath12k_wifi7_hw_params[] = {
 			.max_client_dbs = 128,
 			.max_client_dbs_sbs = 128,
 		},
+
+		.host_alloc_ml_id = false,
 	},
 	{
 		.name = "qcn9274 hw2.0",
@@ -620,6 +624,8 @@ static const struct ath12k_hw_params ath12k_wifi7_hw_params[] = {
 			.max_client_dbs = 128,
 			.max_client_dbs_sbs = 128,
 		},
+
+		.host_alloc_ml_id = true,
 	},
 	{
 		.name = "ipq5332 hw1.0",
@@ -700,6 +706,8 @@ static const struct ath12k_hw_params ath12k_wifi7_hw_params[] = {
 			.max_client_dbs = 128,
 			.max_client_dbs_sbs = 128,
 		},
+
+		.host_alloc_ml_id = true,
 	},
 	{
 		.name = "qcc2072 hw1.0",
@@ -792,6 +800,8 @@ static const struct ath12k_hw_params ath12k_wifi7_hw_params[] = {
 			.max_client_dbs = 128,
 			.max_client_dbs_sbs = 128,
 		},
+
+		.host_alloc_ml_id = false,
 	},
 	{
 		.name = "ipq5424 hw1.0",
@@ -876,6 +886,8 @@ static const struct ath12k_hw_params ath12k_wifi7_hw_params[] = {
 			.max_client_dbs = 128,
 			.max_client_dbs_sbs = 128,
 		},
+
+		.host_alloc_ml_id = true,
 	},
 };