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

[Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>]

On 26-9-2016 14:13, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> On 26 September 2016 at 13:46, Arend Van Spriel
> <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> wrote:
>> On 26-9-2016 12:23, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>>> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
>>>
>>> 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?

Not sure. It is something that I recall from working at Intersil so back
in the prism days.

Regards,
Arend

>>> 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.
>