Re: [PATCH] Revert "wpa_supplicant: Send EAPOL frames over nl80211 where available"

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On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 10:20 PM Krishna Chaitanya
<chaitanya.mgit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 9:49 PM Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > This reverts commit 144314eaa7e09374b7f9a3708263a298e05cbfd6.
> >
> > Since commit 144314eaa7e0 ("wpa_supplicant: Send EAPOL frames over nl80211
> > where available"), Wifi is no longer functional on an imx6dl-pico board
> > running 6.1 LTS kernel with a QCA9377 Wifi chip (ath10k SDIO driver):
> >
> > wlan0: authenticate with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> > wlan0: 80 MHz not supported, disabling VHT
> > wlan0: send auth to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (try 1/3)
> > wlan0: authenticated
> > wlan0: associate with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (try 1/3)
> > wlan0: RX AssocResp from xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=3)
> > wlan0: associated
> > wlan0: deauthenticating from xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx by local choice
> > (Reason: 3=DEAUTH_LEAVING)
> > Error: Connection activation failed: Secrets were required, but not provided.
> >
> > Revert it for now to avoid such a regression.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Hi Jouni and Brendan,
> >
> > This revert is the result of me running git bisect between 2.9 and 2.10
> > to identify the cause of the regression.
> >
> > I am merely a wpa_supplicant user and do not have the knowledge of its
> > internals.
> >
> > If there is a better way to fix the regression I reported, as well as
> > keeping Brendan's use-case working, please let me know.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >  wpa_supplicant/ibss_rsn.c  | 4 ----
> >  wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.c | 8 --------
> >  2 files changed, 12 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/ibss_rsn.c b/wpa_supplicant/ibss_rsn.c
> > index 5b31f7bb0e3d..1b867e1c6491 100644
> > --- a/wpa_supplicant/ibss_rsn.c
> > +++ b/wpa_supplicant/ibss_rsn.c
> > @@ -71,10 +71,6 @@ static int supp_ether_send(void *ctx, const u8 *dest, u16 proto, const u8 *buf,
> >                    __func__, MAC2STR(dest), proto, (unsigned long) len,
> >                    !encrypt);
> >
> > -       if (wpa_s->drv_flags & WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_CONTROL_PORT)
> > -               return wpa_drv_tx_control_port(wpa_s, dest, proto, buf, len,
> > -                                              !encrypt);
> > -
> >         if (wpa_s->l2)
> >                 return l2_packet_send(wpa_s->l2, dest, proto, buf, len);
> >
> > diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.c b/wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.c
> > index c4cfca50e62a..3aeb7cb45c47 100644
> > --- a/wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.c
> > +++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpas_glue.c
> > @@ -113,14 +113,6 @@ int wpa_ether_send(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s, const u8 *dest,
> >         }
> >  #endif /* CONFIG_TESTING_OPTIONS */
> >
> > -       if (wpa_s->drv_flags & WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_CONTROL_PORT) {
> > -               int encrypt = wpa_s->wpa &&
> > -                       wpa_sm_has_ptk_installed(wpa_s->wpa);
> > -
> > -               return wpa_drv_tx_control_port(wpa_s, dest, proto, buf, len,
> > -                                              !encrypt);
> > -       }
> > -
> >         if (wpa_s->l2) {
> >                 return l2_packet_send(wpa_s->l2, dest, proto, buf, len);
> >         }
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> Looking at https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/542952 doesn't look like a WPA
> supplicant issue, can you please try without the patch and with the
> steps given in the answer?
BTW, Brendan is no longer with BluWireless, so, the email would have bounced.

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