On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 17:58 +0530, Yogesh Ashok Powar wrote: > Based on inputs from Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > from http://markmail.org/thread/t4acssvlgb5gamt2 and > http://markmail.org/thread/mydlihrhvfvevuim > > In xmit path, devices that do full hardware crypto (including > MMIC and ICV) need no tailroom. For such devices, tailroom > reservation can be skipped if all the keys are programmed into > the hardware (i.e software crypto is not used for any of the > keys) and none of the keys wants software to generate Michael > MIC and IV. > > v2: Added check for IV along with MMIC to avoid > >WARNING: at net/mac80211/wep.c:101 ieee80211_wep_add_iv+0x56/0xf3() > Reported-by: Fabio Rossi <rossi.f@xxxxxxxxx> > Tested-by: Fabio Rossi <rossi.f@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mshajakhan@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan <mshajakhan@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > v3: Fixing races to avoid > >WARNING: at net/mac80211/wpa.c:397 ccmp_encrypt_skb+0xc4/0x1f0 > Reported-by: Andreas Hartmann <andihartmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Tested-by: Andreas Hartmann <andihartmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Yogesh Ashok Powar <yogeshp@xxxxxxxxxxx> This changelog entry is kinda messed up. > + * Solution has been explained at > + * http://markmail.org/message/c3ykchyv6azzmdum Nothing against markmail, but I prefer links that contain a message ID so if the link ever goes dead, you can google for the message ID. Maybe use http://mid.gmane.org/1308590980.4322.19.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
