Re: [PATCH] ath10k: add mic bytes for pmf management packet

[Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>]

Wen Gong <wgong@qti.qualcomm.com> writes:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ath10k <ath10k-bounces@lists.infradead.org> On Behalf Of Ben
>> Greear
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 12:04 AM
>> To: Wen Gong <wgong@codeaurora.org>; ath10k@lists.infradead.org
>> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] ath10k: add mic bytes for pmf management
>> packet
>> 
>> I was looking at mac80211 code recently, and it seems some action
>> frames are NOT supposed to be protected.  I added my own helper
>> method to my local ath10k.  Maybe you want to use this?
>> 
>> 
>> /* Copied from ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame, but disable the check for
>> has_protected
>>   * since we do tx hw crypt, and it won't actually be encrypted even when this
>> flag is
>>   * set.
>>   */
>> bool ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame_tx(struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr)
>> {
>>          if (ieee80211_is_disassoc(hdr->frame_control) ||
>>              ieee80211_is_deauth(hdr->frame_control))
>>                  return true;
>> 
>>          if (ieee80211_is_action(hdr->frame_control)) {
>>                  u8 *category;
>> 
>>                  /*
>>                   * Action frames, excluding Public Action frames, are Robust
>>                   * Management Frames. However, if we are looking at a Protected
>>                   * frame, skip the check since the data may be encrypted and
>>                   * the frame has already been found to be a Robust Management
>>                   * Frame (by the other end).
>>                   */
>> 		/*
>> 		if (ieee80211_has_protected(hdr->frame_control))
>>                          return true;
>> 		*/
>>                  category = ((u8 *) hdr) + 24;
>>                  return *category != WLAN_CATEGORY_PUBLIC &&
>>                          *category != WLAN_CATEGORY_HT &&
>>                          *category != WLAN_CATEGORY_WNM_UNPROTECTED &&
>>                          *category != WLAN_CATEGORY_SELF_PROTECTED &&
>>                          *category != WLAN_CATEGORY_UNPROT_DMG &&
>>                          *category != WLAN_CATEGORY_VHT &&
>>                          *category != WLAN_CATEGORY_VENDOR_SPECIFIC;
>>          }
>> 
>>          return false;
>> }
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>> 
>> > +
>> >   	data_len = msdu->len;
>> >
>> >   	switch (txmode) {
>> >
>> 
>> 
> Thanks Ben,
>
> seems the ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame_tx is not 
> match my change.

So what's the conclusion, can I take this patch?

-- 
Kalle Valo