Re: [PATCH] brcmfmac: implement more accurate skb tracking

[RafaÅ MiÅecki]

On 26 September 2016 at 13:46, Arend Van Spriel
<arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 26-9-2016 12:23, RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:
>> From: RafaÅ MiÅecki <rafal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> We need to track 802.1x packets to know if there are any pending ones
>> for transmission. This is required for performing key update in the
>> firmware.
>
> The problem we are trying to solve is a pretty old one. The problem is
> that wpa_supplicant uses two separate code paths: EAPOL messaging
> through data path and key configuration though nl80211.

Can I find it described/reported somewhere?


>> Unfortunately our old tracking code wasn't very accurate. It was
>> treating skb as pending as soon as it was passed by the netif. Actual
>> handling packet to the firmware was happening later as brcmfmac
>> internally queues them and uses its own worker(s).
>
> That does not seem right. As soon as we get a 1x packet we need to wait
> with key configuration regardless whether it is still in the driver or
> handed over to firmware already.

OK, thanks.