[PATCH] mka: Some bug fixes
Jouni Malinen
j at w1.fi
Sat Dec 24 03:32:03 PST 2016
On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 06:27:08PM +0530, Badrish Adiga H R wrote:
> Actually, I am using a patch which allows to configure MKA actor
> priority. I have submitted that patch also to hostap's mailing list.
> The test scenario is this. I have 2 peers running MACsec in PSK mode,
> Peer A with MAC address higher than MAC Address of peer B.
> 1. Peer B starts with actor_priority 255
> 2. Peer A starts with priority 16, becomes key server.
> 3. Peer A stops..
> 4. Peer A restarts with priority 255, but because of the stale values
> participant->is_key_server(=TRUE) and participant->is_elected(=TRUE)
> it continues to remain as Key Server.
> 5. For peer B, key server election happens and since it has lower MAC
> address as compared to MAC address of A, it becomes the key server.
>
> Now we have 2 key servers in CA and is not correct.
It would be good to get such details included in the commit message.
Please split the changes into separate patches that each address a
single independent issue and include the relevant description in the
commit message.
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