Re: [Bluez PATCH v3 0/2] Bluetooth: Fix scannable broadcast advertising on extended APIs

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Hi Maintainers,

Friendly reminder to review this V3 patch at your convenience.

Thanks!
Daniel


On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 3:50 PM Daniel Winkler <danielwinkler@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello Maintainers,
>
> We have discovered that when userspace registers a broadcast
> (non-connectable) advertisement with scan response data, it exposes a
> limitation in the new extended MGMT APIs. At the time that the
> parameters are registered with the controller, kernel does not yet have
> the advertising data and scan response (coming in a separate MGMT call),
> and will default to a non-scannable PDU. When the MGMT call for
> data/scan response is received, the controller will either fail when we
> request to set the scan response, or return success and not use it.
>
> This series along with another in kernel will allow userspace to pass a
> flag with the params request indicating if the advertisement contains a
> scan response. This allows kernel to register the parameters correctly
> with the controller.
>
> The patch is tested with a scannable broadcast advertisement on Hatch
> and Kukui chromebooks (ext and non-ext capabilities) and ensuring a
> peripheral device can detect the scan response.
>
> Best,
> Daniel
>
> Changes in v3:
>     - Use helpers to determine scannable rather than generating earlier
>
> Changes in v2:
>     - Check kernel supports flag before setting it
>
> Daniel Winkler (2):
>   advertising: Create and use scannable adv param flag
>   doc/mgmt-api: Update documentation for scan_rsp param flag
>
>  doc/mgmt-api.txt  |  5 +++++
>  lib/mgmt.h        |  1 +
>  src/advertising.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  src/shared/ad.c   | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  src/shared/ad.h   |  2 ++
>  5 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --
> 2.31.0.rc2.261.g7f71774620-goog
>



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