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Re: [PATCH wireless] wifi: mac80211: skip non-uploaded keys in ieee80211_iter_keys

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Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 15.10.24 11:13, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>>> Sync iterator conditions with ieee80211_iter_keys_rcu.
>>>
>>> Fixes: 830af02f24fb ("mac80211: allow driver to iterate keys")
>>> Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx>
>> I see this is already applied but why we need this? Please include a
>> description of the bug in the commit message. That's too late now but if
>> you provide one via email I can include it in the pull request.
>
> I needed the key iterator for not yet published mt7996 work, and while
> reading the code found the inconsistency, that (unlike the RCU
> version) it could pass keys that weren't added to the driver yet.
> I didn't see any specific driver bugs, but the mac80211 code didn't
> make sense to me during review, so I fixed it.

Ah, if this is just a theoretical fix I don't mention anything about
this in the pull request. Thanks.

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