From: James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>
To: iwd@lists.01.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/4] netdev: handle non-fatal auth-proto returns
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:48:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210908204805.92005-3-prestwoj@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210908204805.92005-1-prestwoj@gmail.com>
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This adds -EBADMSG/-ENOMSG to be handled specially by allowing the
frame to be dropped, similar to 0 or -EAGAIN. The difference though
is that a non-zero authenticate status will result in the kernel
not re-transmitting which ultimately could leave IWD in a connecting
state with no way of leaving. Because of this we handle a non-zero
status for these two returns as a failed connection.
---
src/netdev.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
v3:
* Only drop the message if the status was successful.
diff --git a/src/netdev.c b/src/netdev.c
index 7909c37e..fc4613e6 100644
--- a/src/netdev.c
+++ b/src/netdev.c
@@ -2717,7 +2717,17 @@ static void netdev_authenticate_event(struct l_genl_msg *msg,
ret = auth_proto_rx_authenticate(netdev->ap, frame, frame_len);
if (ret == 0 || ret == -EAGAIN)
return;
- else if (ret > 0)
+ else if (ret == -EBADMSG || ret == -ENOMSG) {
+ /*
+ * Only drop if the status is success. Otherwise
+ * dropping the message here would prevent the kernel
+ * from re-transmitting, leaving IWD in this connecting
+ * state. If this happens the only option is to fail the
+ * connection here.
+ */
+ if (status_code == 0)
+ return;
+ } else if (ret > 0)
status_code = (uint16_t)ret;
}
--
2.31.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-08 20:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-08 20:48 [PATCH v3 1/4] sae: don't send commit/confirm in confirmed state James Prestwood
2021-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] auth-proto: document acceptable return values for auth-protos James Prestwood
2021-09-08 20:48 ` James Prestwood [this message]
2021-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] auto-t: add sae test for non-acked commit James Prestwood
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