[PATCH 1/2] Add SEND_ACTION control interface command for hostapd

[Raphaël Mélotte]

Hello,

On 12/3/22 08:53, Jouni Malinen wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 05:02:41PM +0100, Raphaël Mélotte wrote:
> The use case of sending a DELBA to control a block ack agreement sounds
> exactly like a case that I was worried about when injecting arbitrary
> frames without informing the local stack about that.. Isn't the
> appropriate approach for addressing that to provide such capability in
> the kernel? If this is just to have a temporary workaround for not
> wanting to update a kernel for some systems, it does not really sound
> like a convincing argument to complicate upstream hostapd with a feature
> that would then likely need to be maintained for significant amount of
> time in practice.

I didn't see it that way initially but following your explanation I agree it would make more sense to have that capability in the kernel instead.

Thanks for the feedback!

Raphaël