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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: do not allow bigger VHT MPDUs than the hardware supports

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On 17/09/2020 15:50, Felix Fietkau wrote:
Limit maximum VHT MPDU size by local capability

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx>
---
  net/mac80211/vht.c | 8 ++++----
  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/vht.c b/net/mac80211/vht.c
index 7e601d067d53..fb0e3a657d2d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/vht.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/vht.c
@@ -168,10 +168,7 @@ ieee80211_vht_cap_ie_to_sta_vht_cap(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
         /* take some capabilities as-is */
         cap_info = le32_to_cpu(vht_cap_ie->vht_cap_info);
         vht_cap->cap = cap_info;
-       vht_cap->cap &= IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_MAX_MPDU_LENGTH_3895 |
-                       IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_MAX_MPDU_LENGTH_7991 |
-                       IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_MAX_MPDU_LENGTH_11454 |
-                       IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_RXLDPC |
+       vht_cap->cap &= IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_RXLDPC |
                         IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_VHT_TXOP_PS |
                         IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_HTC_VHT |
                         IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_MAX_A_MPDU_LENGTH_EXPONENT_MASK |
@@ -180,6 +177,9 @@ ieee80211_vht_cap_ie_to_sta_vht_cap(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                         IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_RX_ANTENNA_PATTERN |
                         IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_TX_ANTENNA_PATTERN;

+       vht_cap->cap |= min_t(u32, cap_info & IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_MAX_MPDU_MASK,
+                             own_cap.cap & IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_MAX_MPDU_MASK);
+
         /* and some based on our own capabilities */
         switch (own_cap.cap & IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_SUPP_CHAN_WIDTH_MASK) {
         case IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_SUPP_CHAN_WIDTH_160MHZ:


The vht_cap->cap IEEE80211_VHT_CAP_MAX_MPDU* reflect the associated STA _RX_ capabilities.

Why would you override the original STA _RX_ capabilities (vht_cap->cap) with your own HW _RX_ size limitation ?

e.g. if HW support 11454 in TX and 3895 in RX, due to this change, you limit your TX to your own _RX_ limitation (3895) while STA actually reported 11454 RX.




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