From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92DAAC433F5 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:12:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230152AbhKVGP0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2021 01:15:26 -0500 Received: from so254-9.mailgun.net ([198.61.254.9]:38162 "EHLO so254-9.mailgun.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229577AbhKVGPY (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Nov 2021 01:15:24 -0500 DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; v=1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mg.codeaurora.org; q=dns/txt; s=smtp; t=1637561538; h=Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Cc: To: From: Date: Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type: MIME-Version: Sender; bh=xU29svS3KQVWTEWMWOraYsY3lGEx0wZPSFXBuu5q/ns=; b=JGbiPlQGjhfbtUtQLCfPL9adv7qs+iBJykbqJARN4GsO3ia5JXrxC3SRKpcDtOiBeVfGXJHN jQO3snacFm7Gj2c04pEBI7Um05L+vW9nktyDC+poHUIdeEnlzfMi+Og250yy/zodTorzCLtv GW4Hd9u/ZYs4Cs+MWNyEJNhJ1KU= X-Mailgun-Sending-Ip: 198.61.254.9 X-Mailgun-Sid: WyI3YTAwOSIsICJsaW51eC13aXJlbGVzc0B2Z2VyLmtlcm5lbC5vcmciLCAiYmU5ZTRhIl0= Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org (ec2-35-166-182-171.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.166.182.171]) by smtp-out-n03.prod.us-east-1.postgun.com with SMTP id 619b34a2d8e58e6de1d08259 (version=TLS1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256); Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:11:46 GMT Sender: vjakkam=codeaurora.org@mg.codeaurora.org Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 6EC55C4360D; Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:11:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: vjakkam) by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2268BC4338F; Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:11:45 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:41:45 +0530 From: vjakkam@codeaurora.org To: Johannes Berg Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] nl80211: Indicate SA Query procedures offload for AP SME device In-Reply-To: <1dd3525ee437ff2ccf18b455851692338af342fa.camel@sipsolutions.net> References: <1634210331-9001-1-git-send-email-vjakkam@codeaurora.org> <612e80125878bae6fccbb72701381832a8a6029c.camel@sipsolutions.net> <5a1f654e3406e99c816afbc762519fea@codeaurora.org> <69995d6c767edcea15ef7645fabc0e39c0dc7960.camel@sipsolutions.net> <7c5b87329c58ac2b68329573f587f8d7@codeaurora.org> <1dd3525ee437ff2ccf18b455851692338af342fa.camel@sipsolutions.net> Message-ID: X-Sender: vjakkam@codeaurora.org User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.9 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On 2021-10-25 13:58, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Mon, 2021-10-25 at 13:57 +0530, vjakkam@codeaurora.org wrote: >> On 2021-10-22 18:59, Johannes Berg wrote: >> > On Fri, 2021-10-22 at 18:56 +0530, vjakkam@codeaurora.org wrote: >> > > > >> > > > So how's that going to work with older hostapd? It'll be offloaded, and >> > > > then hostapd doesn't know, so it's still going to disconnect them? >> > > > >> > > > So should be that hostapd also opts in to this driver behaviour? >> > > >> > > yes, we have to update hostapd also with new implementation based on >> > > the >> > > feature flag. >> > >> > That wasn't my question. My question was what happens if you have a >> > hostapd that's *not* updated?> >> > >> > johannes >> >> Apologies for not clear answer in my previous reply. >> Yes, If hostapd is not updated, it's going to disconnect the STAs. >> >> We should update hostapd also to opt in this driver behavior. > > That would also mean the driver opts in and asks the firmware to > offload > only if hostapd did, right? > > johannes Yeah, Thanks for the comments. I will upload v2 patch with suggested changes.