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Re: [PATCH] mac80211 : fix a race with update_tkip_key

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On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 21:37 +0200, gregor kowski wrote:
> Update : I changed the logic. There is a single flag per key, tracking
> if we send the key instead of a flag per rx queue.
> 
> The mac80211 tkip code won't call update_tkip_key, if some rx packets
> get received without KEY_FLAG_UPLOADED_TO_HARDWARE. This can happen on
> first packet because the hardware key stuff is called asynchronously with
> todo workqueue.
> 
> This patch workaround that by tracking if we send the key to hardware.

What was wrong with using an enum, in the existing variable?

johannes

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