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| author | Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com> | 2026-07-06 22:29:31 +0300 |
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| committer | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2026-07-07 10:16:31 +0200 |
| commit | ac798f757d6475dc6fee2ec899980d6740714596 (patch) | |
| tree | d87fb20b7704d165c83234e518f966b46d8b5ca6 /net | |
| parent | 158438cd6ad69d6dd7d871582c38baf22169fede (diff) | |
| download | linux-ac798f757d6475dc6fee2ec899980d6740714596.tar.gz linux-ac798f757d6475dc6fee2ec899980d6740714596.zip | |
wifi: mac80211: Route (Re)association req/response to per-STA queue
An association request or response frame is generally delivered to the
driver without a TX queue object. However, with drivers that do encryption
offload and couple the key with a transmit queue, this means that the
frames are not being encrypted.
Fix this by routing the association frames to the management TXQ.
This will allow the driver to set up the required resources before
transmitting the association frame, e.g., set up keys etc.
Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260706222925.febcc62f485c.Iff932880e4b98232cbf6ba405fbb90d650a85381@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/mac80211/tx.c | 7 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h index 34a9ea8b6f85..d585820245dd 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h +++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h @@ -2470,9 +2470,7 @@ void __ieee80211_tx_skb_tid_band(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, static inline bool ieee80211_require_encrypted_assoc(__le16 fc, struct sta_info *sta) { - return (sta && sta->sta.epp_peer && - (ieee80211_is_assoc_req(fc) || ieee80211_is_reassoc_req(fc) || - ieee80211_is_assoc_resp(fc) || ieee80211_is_reassoc_resp(fc))); + return sta && sta->sta.epp_peer && ieee80211_is_assoc(fc); } /* sta_out needs to be checked for ERR_PTR() before using */ diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c index c13b209fad47..42cfd76850b8 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/tx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c @@ -1309,10 +1309,17 @@ static struct txq_info *ieee80211_get_txq(struct ieee80211_local *local, (info->control.flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_PS_RESPONSE)) return NULL; + /* + * While (re)association request/response frames are not considered + * bufferable MMPDUs, use the TXQ abstraction for the transmission of + * these frames. This is specifically useful for drivers that might + * associate other resources with the TXQ, e.g., encryption keys etc. + */ if (!(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_HW_80211_ENCAP) && unlikely(!ieee80211_is_data_present(hdr->frame_control))) { if ((!ieee80211_is_mgmt(hdr->frame_control) || ieee80211_is_bufferable_mmpdu(skb) || + ieee80211_is_assoc(hdr->frame_control) || vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION || vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_NAN || vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_NAN_DATA) && |