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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: merge in beacon ies of hidden bss.

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Hi Eliad,

>> +       if (!ie1 && !ie2)
>> +               return 0;
>> +       if (!ie1 || !ie2)
>> +               return -1;
>> +       ielen = min(ie1[1], ie2[1]);
>> +       for (i = 0; i < ielen; ++i)
>> +               if (ie2[i + 2])
>> +                       return -1;
>> +       return ie2[1] - ie1[1];
>
> you don't account for the ssid = "" case.
>
Yes, true. And also incorrectly handle !ie2 case. I'll fix it.

>> +static int
>> +merge_hidden_ies(struct cfg80211_internal_bss *res,
[...]
>
> i think the "merge" here is a bit misleading - there is no actual merge.
> you copy the beacon_ies from the beacon, but we still end up with 2 bss nodes.
> your solution does workaround the specific psm problem, but we still
> end up with a duplicate bss conf node that will never get updated
> (because the beacons will update the "original" bss node).
>
Yes, correct. I'm addressing only the obvious PSM problem now.
Further implementation is a subject of a discussion.

> i guess this problem already exists with the current code.
> not sure what is the correct way solve it, though.
> maybe check for both the hidden name and the actual name?
>
The whole idea of multi-ssid list of bss'es is a bit unclear for me.
That is the benefit of having ssid ie as a part of the key in the tree?
Are there multi-ssid APs which broadcasts different ies (apart form ssid)
on the same bssid in real live?
If not, I'm thinking about a separate refcounted list of bss ies keeping
all bss information except ssid. But it is a quite big change, definitely
not for this commit.

Thank you and with best regards,
Dmitry
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