On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 9:07 PM, Krishna Chaitanya
<chaitanya.mgit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 8:57 PM, Krishna Chaitanya
> <chaitanya.mgit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Manoharan, Rajkumar
> > <rmanohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> I think security failures are due to peer unmap & map upon reassoc. Can you please try below change?
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
> >> index 5e1cc8f4c43c..f7f04bb46fc8 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
> >> @@ -5745,8 +5745,9 @@ static void ath10k_sta_rc_update_wk(struct work_struct *wk)
> >> sta->addr, smps, err);
> >> }
> >>
> >> - if (changed & IEEE80211_RC_SUPP_RATES_CHANGED ||
> >> - changed & IEEE80211_RC_NSS_CHANGED) {
> >> + if ((changed & IEEE80211_RC_SUPP_RATES_CHANGED ||
> >> + changed & IEEE80211_RC_NSS_CHANGED) &&
> >> + (arvif->vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)) {
> >> ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_MAC, "mac update sta %pM supp rates/nss\n",
> >> sta->addr);
> >
> > Bottom posting please. I have tried your change i still see the same issue.
> > Right after connecting i see that packets are encrypted but once it
> > unset/set "bitrates" plain packets are seen in sniffer.
> >
> > BTW, i am not rebooting for each driver update, just re-inserting the module,
> > do i need to do a reboot for each driver change?
>
> After reboot i dont see the "unencrypted" packet issue, i will do
> some more testing on limiting the rates, currently in my setup its
> not reaching MCS9 so cannot verify now.
>
> Thanks for the fixes and prompt reply.
>
> ________________________________________
> >> From: Krishna Chaitanya <chaitanya.mgit@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Friday, July 8, 2016 5:26 PM
> >> To: Manoharan, Rajkumar
> >> Cc: linux-wireless; ath10k
> >> Subject: Re: ath10k + iw set bitrates is causing FW crash
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Manoharan, Rajkumar
> >> <rmanohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>> I am using ath10k driver with qca988x hw2.0 and trying to limit it to use
> >>>>> VHT MCS0-7 (iw set bitrates vht-mcs-5 2:0-7).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> But the command it causing a FW crash, if it disable HW_HAS_RATE_CONTROL
> >>>>> no crash is observed but it still uses MCS9.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> tree: wireless-drivers-next: commit#535633a5ba4ea2504fa6c33176633becf0e59339
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 1) If i disable HW_RATE_CONTROL, will ath10k honor
> >>>>> the mac80211 rates?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Thanks for reporting the issue. Could you please try with below change?
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
> >>> index 5e1cc8f4c43c..cfa7e01a6103 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
> >>> @@ -2812,6 +2812,9 @@ static int ath10k_station_assoc(struct ath10k *ar,
> >>> return ret;
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> + if (vif->type != NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC)
> >>> + peer_arg.peer_reassoc = reassoc;
> >>> +
> >>> ret = ath10k_wmi_peer_assoc(ar, &peer_arg);
> >>> if (ret) {
> >>> ath10k_warn(ar, "failed to run peer assoc for STA %pM vdev %i: %d\n",
> >>
> >> Thanks Raj, with this fix the rates are 0-7, if i disable then i am
> >> seeing 0-9, so its
> >> working.
> >>
> >> But i am seeing a weird issues, the moment i give bitrates command,
> >> ath10k no longer does encryption, link is a WPA2-PSK: AES. Even after
> >> interface up/down
> >> it doesn't work.
Rajkumar,
I am still not able to make mcs9 work, so i have tried to change the Nss to 1
using iw, but that is not taking affect. This command is not taking effect.
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