From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Some drivers, like ath10k-ct support rxswcrypt, but the firmware needs to
handle at least part of the blockack logic internally. Since firmware cannot
decode the frame in rxswcrypt mode, this patch adds a way for the driver to
request to be delivered the decrypted blockack action frames. The
driver can then re-insert the decrypted frame for proper handling.
Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/mac80211.h | 10 ++++++++++
net/mac80211/driver-ops.c | 9 +++++++++
net/mac80211/driver-ops.h | 3 +++
net/mac80211/iface.c | 7 +++++++
4 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 523c6a09e1c8..7ea9a17c8cb8 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -3752,6 +3752,14 @@ enum ieee80211_reconfig_type {
*
* @start_pmsr: start peer measurement (e.g. FTM) (this call can sleep)
* @abort_pmsr: abort peer measurement (this call can sleep)
+ * @consume_block_ack: Offer block-ack management frames back to driver to see
+ * if it wishes to consume it. This can be useful for when firmware wants
+ * to handle block-ack logic itself, but PMF is used and the firmware
+ * cannot actually decode the block-ack frames itself. So, firmware can
+ * pass the encoded block-ack up the stack, and receive it through this
+ * callback. If return value is zero, the mac80211 stack will not further
+ * process the skb. skb will be freed by calling code, so driver must
+ * make a copy of anything it needs in the skb before returning.
*/
struct ieee80211_ops {
void (*tx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
@@ -4043,6 +4051,8 @@ struct ieee80211_ops {
void (*del_nan_func)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
u8 instance_id);
+ int (*consume_block_ack)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+ struct ieee80211_vif *vif, struct sk_buff* skb);
bool (*can_aggregate_in_amsdu)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct sk_buff *head,
struct sk_buff *skb);
diff --git a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.c b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.c
index c9a8a2433e8a..aba803bd2718 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.c
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ void drv_stop(struct ieee80211_local *local)
local->started = false;
}
+int drv_consume_block_ack(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+ struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ /*pr_warn("consume-block-ack: %p\n", local->ops->consume_block_ack);*/
+ if (local->ops->consume_block_ack)
+ return local->ops->consume_block_ack(&local->hw, &sdata->vif, skb);
+ return -EINVAL;
+}
+
int drv_add_interface(struct ieee80211_local *local,
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
{
diff --git a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
index e734a85165ad..b3cf5d88f83e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ static inline void drv_set_wakeup(struct ieee80211_local *local,
}
#endif
+int drv_consume_block_ack(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+ struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, struct sk_buff *skb);
+
int drv_add_interface(struct ieee80211_local *local,
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index af8b09214786..f050410d0986 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -1249,6 +1249,11 @@ static void ieee80211_iface_work(struct work_struct *work)
if (ieee80211_is_action(mgmt->frame_control) &&
mgmt->u.action.category == WLAN_CATEGORY_BACK) {
int len = skb->len;
+ int barv = drv_consume_block_ack(local, sdata, skb);
+
+ /*pr_err("called drv_consume_blockack, rv: %d\n", barv);*/
+ if (barv == 0)
+ goto done_skb_free;
mutex_lock(&local->sta_mtx);
sta = sta_info_get_bss(sdata, mgmt->sa);
@@ -1349,6 +1354,8 @@ static void ieee80211_iface_work(struct work_struct *work)
break;
}
+ done_skb_free:
+
kfree_skb(skb);
}
--
2.20.1
