[PATCH 1/2] nl80211: Retrieve maxattr via genl for nl80211

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Sun Jan 14 08:23:52 PST 2024


On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 03:14:05PM +0200, Andrei Otcheretianski wrote:
> Older kernel versions may not support all attributes and may refuse
> commands that include them. To avoid sending too new attributes query
> the highest supported attribute. This allows adding appropriate checks
> where needed.

Thanks, both patches applied.

Are the two cases in patch 2/2 all the known issues or are there some
other known cases that could fail with older kernel versions?

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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