[v3] ath10k: rebuild crypto header in rx data frames

[Ben Greear]

Is this patch destined for stable?

I was expecting to see it show up in the older stable releases,
but it has not so far as far as I can tell.

Thanks,
Ben

On 10/30/2017 02:32 AM, Sebastian Gottschall wrote:
> will check it tomorrow including gcmp-256, ccmp-256. was out for weekend :-)
>
> Am 30.10.2017 um 09:39 schrieb Kalle Valo:
>> Kalle Valo <kvalo at qca.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Rx data frames notified through HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_RX_IND and
>>> HTT_T2H_MSG_TYPE_RX_FRAG_IND expect PN/TSC check to be done
>>> on host (mac80211) rather than firmware. Rebuild cipher header
>>> in every received data frames (that are notified through those
>>> HTT interfaces) from the rx_hdr_status tlv available in the
>>> rx descriptor of the first msdu. Skip setting RX_FLAG_IV_STRIPPED
>>> flag for the packets which requires mac80211 PN/TSC check support
>>> and set appropriate RX_FLAG for stripped crypto tail. Hw QCA988X,
>>> QCA9887, QCA99X0, QCA9984, QCA9888 and QCA4019 currently need the
>>> rebuilding of cipher header to perform PN/TSC check for replay
>>> attack.
>>>
>>> Please note that removing crypto tail for CCMP-256, GCMP and GCMP-256 ciphers
>>> in raw mode needs to be fixed. Since Rx with these ciphers in raw
>>> mode does not work in the current form even without this patch and
>>> removing crypto tail for these chipers needs clean up, raw mode related
>>> issues in CCMP-256, GCMP and GCMP-256 can be addressed in follow up
>>> patches.
>>>
>>> Tested-by: Manikanta Pubbisetty <mpubbise at qti.qualcomm.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar at qti.qualcomm.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo at qca.qualcomm.com>
>> Patch applied to ath-current branch of ath.git, thanks.
>>
>> 7eccb738fce5 ath10k: rebuild crypto header in rx data frames
>>
>


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